My father, Howard Zahniser, the primary author of the 1964 Wilderness Act, considered Tionesta, Pennsylvania his hometown. Zahnie, as my father was known, was not at the wilderness bill's signing, ...

Ed Zahniser spoke from experience. “Be persistent, be consistent, be actively patient in working for wilderness,” he said — and he should know. He grew up watching his father, Howard, the author of ...

Howard Zahniser didn't live to see President Lyndon Johnson sign into law the Wilderness Act on Sept. 3, 1964. Zahniser, a Tionesta resident and a fervent conservationist, was the principal author and ...

Howard Zahniser would have turned 100 years old this week. He was a lobbyist. At this moment when the image of lobbyist comes with a very black hat, the life work of Howard Zahniser is something for ...

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Zahnie must be “rolling over in his grave,” singer-songwriter Carole King told me, noting the compromises in the proposed wilderness bill, such as maintaining trails for off-road vehicles on the ...

On April 14th, wilderness legend Stewart M. “Brandy” Brandborg broke camp one last time from his home in Hamilton, Montana, and headed over the Divide. He was 93. Brandy was a giant in the wilderness ...

I was introduced to Ed Zahniser’s poetry via John Warren’s excellent and essential New York Almanac (www.newyorkalmanack.com), to which Mr. Zahniser is a regular contributor. Zahniser’s “Adirondack ...

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