Wyoming Wilderness Association
“Protect Wyoming’s wild public lands through advocacy and stewardship.”
The work
What they do
Advocacy for wilderness designations and protections in Wyoming’s national forests and BLM lands. Volunteer stewardship projects.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “THE WYOMING WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION WORKS TO PROTECT WYOMING'S PUBLIC WILD LANDS TO ENSURE A FUTURE OF WILD PLACES FOR PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE.”
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
Keeping wilderness wild
$295KTHE WYOMING WILDERNESS ASSOCIATIONS HAD THREE MAJOR PUBLIC LANDS CAMPAIGNS IN 2025: THE BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST, THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT ROCK SPRINGS PLAN AMENDMENT, AND THE KEEP IT PUBLIC WYOMING CAMPAIGN.
Read it as they filed it
THE WYOMING WILDERNESS ASSOCIATIONS HAD THREE MAJOR PUBLIC LANDS CAMPAIGNS IN 2025: THE BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST, THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT ROCK SPRINGS PLAN AMENDMENT, AND THE KEEP IT PUBLIC WYOMING CAMPAIGN. THESE CAMPAIGNS INVOLVED EDUCATING OUR MEMBERS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, SCHOOL GROUPS, BUSINESSES, DIVERSE ORGANIZATIONS, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THE FUTURE OF THESE WILD PLACES, CURRENT MANAGEMENT, PLAN REVISIONS, AND DRAFT LEGISLATION DISCUSSIONS. WWA GAVE PRESENTATIONS ON THE VALUE OF WILDERNESS AREAS TO THE AFOREMENTIONED GROUPS. CONCERNED CITIZENS WROTE COMMENTS ON DRAFT MANAGEMENT PLANS, PROPOSED PROJECTS, PRODUCED OP-EDS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, AND ATTENDED PUBLIC MEETINGS AROUND PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT BASED ON OUR EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH EFFORTS. WWA'S OUTREACH WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED MATERIALS, EMAIL ALERTS, BROCHURES, NEWSLETTERS, AND TABLING EVENTS. WWA INFORMED THE PUBLIC THROUGH PUBLICIZED OUTINGS, THE WILDWYO.ORG WEBSITE, AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WHILE SERVING TO PROTECT WYOMING'S PUBLIC WILDLANDS WWA STAFF, BOARD MEMBERS, AND SUPPORTERS VOLUNTEERED ON MULTIPLE STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS ON NATIONAL FORESTS AND BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LANDS. WWA PROVIDED 24 ADVOCACY ACTION ALERTS, 198 POSTCARDS TO LAWMAKERS, AND OVER 753 PETITION SIGNATURES DEFENDING THE ROCK SPRINGS BLM PLAN, THE ROADLESS RULE AND THE PUBLIC LANDS RULE.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Keeping wilderness wild
$5KIN 2025, WWA CONTINUED TO SERVE AND FILL LEADERSHIP ROLES ON COLLABORATIVE DECISION-MAKING COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AROUND THE STATE, INCLUDING THE BRIDGER-TETON WORKING GROUP, THE WYOMING BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT COALITIO...
Read it as they filed it
IN 2025, WWA CONTINUED TO SERVE AND FILL LEADERSHIP ROLES ON COLLABORATIVE DECISION-MAKING COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AROUND THE STATE, INCLUDING THE BRIDGER-TETON WORKING GROUP, THE WYOMING BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT COALITION, AND THE KEEP IT PUBLIC WYOMING COALITION. WWA EDUCATES COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND OUR SUPPORTERS AROUND PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT AND PROPOSED LEGISLATION. PUBLIC COMMENT WAS GATHERED FROM WWA EMAIL ALERTS, NOTICES, COMMENT PORTALS, PUBLIC MEETING UPDATES, AND POSTCARD CAMPAIGNS. ADDITIONALLY, WWA HOSTED AND ATTENDED MULTIPLE VIRTUAL AND LIVE PUBLIC MEETINGS, PRESENTATIONS, AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND ENCOURAGE PERSONALIZED COMMENTS AROUND LARGE SCALE PLANS, SUCH AS THE ROCK SPRINGS BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE PUBLIC LANDS RULE RESCISSION. MANY CONSTITUENTS FIND VALUE IN THESE WILD LANDSCAPES AND WWA INFORMS THE PUBLIC ON HOW TO STAY ENGAGED AND HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD. WWA CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, DESIGNATED WILDERNESS, THE PUBLIC LANDS RULE AND THE ROADLESS RULE BY TRAVELING TO DC TWICE IN 2025. INITIATING 14 MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND STAFF. WWA CONTINUED TO MAKE GREAT STRIDES IN 2025 AROUND COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS, WITH A CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON TRIBAL, FEDERAL AGENCY AND CONSERVATION GROUP ENGAGEMENT WHO ALSO WORK ON THESE LANDSCAPES. PARTNERSHIP EFFORTS INCLUDED STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS, FILM SCREENING EVENTS, OUTDOOR RECREATION OUTINGS, INFORMATIONAL EVENTS, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, LAND MANAGEMENT MEETINGS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON VARIOUS PANELS AND PRESENT DURING CONSERVATION FORUMS.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Keeping wilderness wild
IN 2025, WWA HOSTED SEVERAL OUTINGS ACROSS THE STATE. OUTINGS LED PARTICIPANTS INTO AN INCREDIBLE ARRAY OF LANDSCAPES BOASTING ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, WILDLIFE MIGRATION CORRIDORS, AND POTENTIAL WILDERNESS LANDSCAPES.
Read it as they filed it
IN 2025, WWA HOSTED SEVERAL OUTINGS ACROSS THE STATE. OUTINGS LED PARTICIPANTS INTO AN INCREDIBLE ARRAY OF LANDSCAPES BOASTING ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, WILDLIFE MIGRATION CORRIDORS, AND POTENTIAL WILDERNESS LANDSCAPES. IN ADDITION, WWA ATTENDED SEVEN CLASSES TO PROVIDE EDUCATION TO 80 STUDENTS ON TOPICS INCLUDING LEAVE NO TRACE, PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT, AND WILDERNESS. WWA ALSO HOSTED THE BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL IN SHERIDAN WITH OVER 300 PARTICIPANTS.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Keeping wilderness wild
IN 2025, WWA CONTINUED TO ELEVATE OUR STEWARDSHIP EFFORTS. WWA INVOLVED OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTING OVER 700 HOURS AND 40 DATA COLLECTIONS.
Read it as they filed it
IN 2025, WWA CONTINUED TO ELEVATE OUR STEWARDSHIP EFFORTS. WWA INVOLVED OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTING OVER 700 HOURS AND 40 DATA COLLECTIONS. 4 WILDERNESS AMBASSADORS SPENT OVER 300 HOURS MONITORING AND CLEARING TRAILS, EDUCATING FOREST VISITORS, INSTALLING SIGNS, AND GATHERING IMPORTANT MANAGEMENT DATA. ONE WILDERNESS STEWARD MONITORED THE CLOUD PEAK WILDERNESS THROUGH A COSTSHARE AGREEMENT BETWEEN WWA AND THE BIGHORN NATIONAL FOREST. THROUGH OUTINGS AND PROJECTS WWA PROMOTED YOUTH ADVOCACY AND CONDUCTED USER-CREATED TRAIL INVENTORIES IN THE BIGHORN AND SHOSHONE NATIONAL FORESTS. TRAINING PROTOCOLS FOR SOLITUDE MONITORING AND USER-CREATED TRAIL INVENTORIES WERE PROVIDED THROUGH SIX COLLABORATIVE FOREST SERVICE AND WWA-LED TRAININGS.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
77 cents of every dollar goes to the work
Read it as a snapshot, not a scorecard. Splits move year to year with grants and campaigns, and healthy shops live all across this range.
Backed on the record by Pew Charitable Trusts and Wilderness Society, latest filing FY25.
$299,949 programs, $90,851 management, $436 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The people
Who does the work
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. Orgs that claim their page can update it same-day. Work at WWA? Claim this page.
Those 103 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If WWA is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Make it 104The filings
14 years of filings
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $293,010 |
| 2012 | $352,536 |
| 2013 | $339,011 |
| 2014 | $384,143 |
| 2015 | $406,575 |
| 2016 | $423,687 |
| 2017 | $254,667 |
| 2018 | $409,367 |
| 2019 | $341,827 |
| 2020 | $352,281 |
| 2021 | $1,072,659 |
| 2022 | $343,039 |
| 2023 | $669,389 |
| 2025 | $364,346 |
From $293K in 2011 to $364K in FY25, across 14 public filings. The 2021 peak of $1.1M reads like one-time gifts, so trust the line, not the peak.
Their ground
The places they defend
Organized citizen outings at Skull Rim to build opposition to BLM lease parcels around Adobe Town Rim and has pressed the agency to shrink lease sales touching the WSA and surrounding lands with wilderness characteristics.
Who’s defending it On the groundRed Desert (Wyoming BLM)Engaged in the Rock Springs RMP revision since 2011, submitting formal comments and coalition advocacy for roughly 1.6 million acres of ACEC protections across the Red Desert.
Who’s defending itSee every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.
The Wyoming congressional delegation averages 3 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
Ways in
How to help
77 cents of your dollar goes straight to the work above.
Give on their site ↗Show upVolunteer with themFind their volunteer door on their own site.
Find it on their site ↗SpeakComment and callOpen comment windows and call scripts for fights like these, ready to send.
Public Lands Action NetworkFollowWatch the mapEvery threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.
Threatened Lands MapStand with Wyoming Wilderness Association
47 years on the ground, 103 volunteers, 77 cents of every dollar on the line. That is who is holding it. There is room for one more.