Federal wilderness areas have been spared remote airstrips like this one in Hells Canyon along the Lower Snake River in Oregon. Legislation moving through Congress would allow some wildlands to become landing strips, shattering the sense of mechanized-free isolation so rare in an ever-crowded world. Photo courtesy Sam Beebe/Ecotrust
Federal wilderness areas have been spared remote airstrips like this one in Hells Canyon along the Lower Snake River in Oregon. Legislation moving through Congress would allow some wildlands to become landing strips, shattering the sense of mechanized-free isolation so rare in an ever-crowded world. Photo courtesy Sam Beebe/Ecotrust