NORBECK SOCIETY

Voices for the Enjoyment and Sustainable Use of Public Lands

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21 years

of commitment to advocacy, stewardship, and education.

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Initiatives

Working towards a balanced and sustainable future.

Activities

  • Badlands Roadside cleanup

    Sheep Mountain Table
    3/8/2026

    Results and Photos

  • First Amendment Protests

    Mount Rushmore
    June 19, 26, and July 3, 2025

  • Billboard Campaign

    I-90 and HWY-16
    July to August, 2025

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  • Botany Crawl

    Hell Canyon
    June 21, 2025

Monthly Calendar

  • "To do the scenery half justice, people should drive 20 or under; to do it full justice, they should get out and walk."

    - Peter Norbeck

  • "To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering."

    - Aldo Leopold

  • “To love a place is not enough. We must find ways to heal it.”

    - Robin Wall Kimmerer

  • "We're not, after all, separate from the animal kingdom. We're part of it."

    - Jane Goodall

  • "The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness"

    -John Muir

  • "Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads"

    - Henry David Thoreau

  • "If you truly love nature, you will find beauty anywhere"

    - Laura Ingalls Wilder

  • "Nature is our biggest ally and greatest inspiration.”

    - David Attenborough

  • "The earth has its music for all who will listen."

    - Reginald Holmes

  • "Wilderness begins where the road ends; and if the roads never end, there will never be any wilderness"

    - Frank Church