Wildlands Network

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Wildlands Network

Founded	1991
Founder	Michael E. Soulé, David Foreman, Douglas Tompkins
Type	Non-governmental organization
Focus	Environmentalism
Location	Salt Lake City, Utah (international)
Area served	North America
Method	Conservation, conservation biology research
Key people	Katie Davis, executive director Fred Koontz, president
Website	http://www.wildlandsnetwork.org/
Formerly called	North American Wilderness Recovery Strategy, Wildlands Project

The Wildlands Network (formerly known as “Wildlands Project") was created in 1991 to stem the tide of species extinctions that was being recorded across North America. Evidence that such extinctions were often exacerbated by a lack of habitat connectivity between existing protected areas^{[1][non-primary source needed]} resulted in the organization’s adoption of a primary mission focused on scientific and strategic support for creation of “networks of people protecting networks of connected wildlands.”