Reviving the Wild (RTW) is a collaborative, multi-year program dedicated to restoring and protecting lands with wilderness characteristics across the Bureau of Land Management’s Little Snake Field Office in northwest Colorado. Funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Colorado Lands with Wilderness Characteristics Fund, the program seeks to identify and mitigate human-caused disturbances—such as unauthorized routes and abandoned infrastructure or environmental impacts including invasive species that threaten the ecological and recreational integrity of these landscapes. Spanning more than 700,000 acres, the RTW program builds upon the long-term mitigation commitments established through the Gateway South Transmission Project and represents a model for proactive, landscape-scale wilderness restoration.

These efforts will establish the foundation for future restoration activities by documenting existing disturbances, testing restoration strategies, and developing best practices for protecting wilderness character. Led by Logan Simpson in partnership with the BLM and the Colorado Wildlands Project, the program combines scientific rigor, field expertise, and collaborative planning to enhance native habitat, improve ecological resilience, and preserve opportunities for solitude and unconfined recreation. Through this work, Reviving the Wild is helping to ensure that northwest Colorado’s wild public lands remain healthy, resilient, and inspiring for generations to come.