Happy 50th Anniversary to the Wilderness Act, which has protected our wild heritage across the country! Wilderness areas help protect habitat for birds such as Marbled Murrelets, seabirds which nest in old-growth forest, in the Kootznoowoo Wilderness in Southeast Alaska and Cummins Creek Wilderness in Oregon. The Farallon Wilderness in California protects nesting habitat for birds such as Brandt's Cormorants and Ashy Storm-Petrels.

The next challenge is Wilderness designation for the coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge, important for many nesting birds like this Pacific Loon.