Of course, the foundation for rewilding is protected areas, places where our wild cousins need never fear the bulldozers of tomorrow. For two decades, project by project (64,000+ forever-wild acres now) Northeast Wilderness Trust has been safeguarding habitat. When you and I envision sky-darkening flocks of migrating waterfowl, river-jamming runs of anadromous fish, ear-deafening choruses of frogs, and expansive ancient forests where wolves and cougars keep the moose and deer fleet of foot—we’re not conjuring some distant historical memory. We’re seeing the future.