Federal land managers have sparked a heated debate about recreation in some of this country’s most wild places with a proposed overhaul of rules governing rock climbing on public lands, angering both wilderness advocates and climbers alike.
Murdock said the divide between climbing and wilderness advocates is complicated, saying that some wilderness organizations are backing the Access Fund. But Wilderness Watch has support from a long list of other groups, including the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Californians for Western Wilderness, the Gallatin Wildlife Association and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, among others.