The American West, its great mountains, deserts, and canyons, is a wilderness that should be partaken body and spirit, not from a picture, painting, or computer screen. It is an international treasure too valuable to be sacrificed for short-term gain. The wildness and emptiness of this land is its greatest appeal and must be preserved for all time, for those who seek adventure in a physical, spiritual, and aesthetic sense. This is a place for the free. Here we may yet breathe deep of that sweet, lucid air, roam over yonder in solitude, and gaze across red rock canyons, blue mesas, and purple mountains. This is the America of dreams and anthems, a place to discover that the self is not only enough, but an indispensable part of the mysterious whole.