Fifty years after the passage of the Wilderness Act, America’s natural treasures are threatened by powerful forces like overdevelopment and climate change. But they are still as magnificent as ever.

Click above to see filmmaker Pete McBride’s striking ode to America’s wild backcountry – then share this video!

Video via The Atlantic.

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