Tatshenshini Wild, a non-profit environmental organization was established in 1989 in order to protect the Tatshenshini from the potential environmental devastation of the proposed Windy Craggy massive open-pit copper mine.

Al Gore commented at the time:
"The development of a huge open-pit copper mine in the midst of the world's most rare and pristine regions is an environmental nightmare that threatens the river and every living thing in it."

Tatshenshini Wild chaired Tatshenshini International, a continental network of North America's leading conservation organizations (representing 10,000,000 members) working to protect the Tatshenshini. The public pressure generated by this grouping led the British Columbia government to establish the Tatshenshini-Alsek Wilderness Park in June 22, 1993, completing the largest international wilderness on earth - 25 million acres (10 million hectares), including surrounding Wrangell-St. Elias, Kluane and Glacier Bay National Parks.

In December 1994, the prestigious World Conservation Union (IUCN)
designated Tatshenshini-Alsek as a World Heritage Site.

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