I've been impressed with everything the VWA does right from my first contact with them five years ago. They focus on specific wilderness issues, like ensuring access to backcountry through maintenance of remote trail-systems and helping to broker the designation of more lands as wilderness. They also have the Youth in Wilderness program to introduce the next generation of potential conservationists to the beauty of the Ventanas. I believe that they are so successful at what they do because the staff and volunteers are remarkably knowledgeable and dedicated. Although, I have had to cut back on the number of organizations to which I donate (the recession has set me back a bit), I still give to the VWA, because they manage to accomplish so much with so little and their work is always first rate.