• Editorial Perspectives
  IJW Salutes Forty Year of the Wilderness Act
  By John C. Hendee and Chad P. Dawson
• Soul Of The Wilderness
  Wilderness Progress after Forty Years under the U.S. Wilderness Act
  By John C. Hendee and Chad P. Dawson

STEWARDSHIP

• The Wilderness Act at Forty
  Looking Back, Looking Ahead
  By Douglas W. Scott
• The Idea of Wilderness
  By TinaMarie Ekker
• A Special Place of Alaskan Wilderness
  We Need to Save Such Places
  By Michael McBride
• Portable Fence Roller Facilitates Fence Removal by Volunteers in Steens Mountain Wilderness
  By Cindy Witzel and Jerry Sutherland

SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
 

• Legislative Intent, Science, and Special Provisions in Wilderness
  A Process for Navigating Statutory Compromises
  By Alan E. Watson, Michael Patterson, Neal Christensen, Annette Puttkammer, and Shannon Myer
• Information about Wilderness Visitors and Recreations Impacts
  Is it Adequate?
  By David N. Cole and Vita Wright
• Perspectives from the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
  Mapping the United States National Wilderness Preservation System
  By Dave Spildie

EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION

• Wilderness-Related Courses in Natural Resource Programs at U.S. Colleges and Universities
  By Chad P. Dawson and John C. Hendee
• Naropa University Launches Wilderness Therapy Symposium Series
  By Suzanne Caswell and Rob Meltzer

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

• The 8th World Wilderness Congress
  Alaska and Siberia
  By Vance G. Martin
• The End of the Road
  The Darien Jungle
  By Haven Cook

WILDERNESS DIGEST

• Announcements And Wilderness Calendar
• Book Reviews
  • Wilderness: Earth's Last Wild Places
    By Russell A. Mittermeier et al.
    Review By John Shultis
  • Making Parks Work: Strategies for Preserving Tropical Nature
    Edited by John Terborgh, Carel van Schaik, Lisa Davenport, and Madhu Rao
    Review By John Shultis
• Guidelines for Contributors