Protect Public Lands

America’s public lands are facing one of their greatest threats yet. Make a gift to defend the natural treasures that people and wildlife depend on.

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White House

President signs chaos-triggering public lands resolutions into law

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Mason Cummings, TWS
Pump jack and other oil and gas extraction equipment in a rocky desert landscape

5,000 oil and gas leases potentially invalid: Conservation orgs to BLM

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Building in downtown setting with cars parked alongside it

BLM nominee Steve Pearce’s record shows hardline anti-public lands positions

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Caribou in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Interior opens heart of Arctic Refuge to development

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Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington.

45 million acres of wild “roadless” forests at risk

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Mason Cummings
The new BLM regulations enhance protections for designated Special Areas in the Western Arctic, including habitat for caribou and other wildlife.

BLM calls for nominations of tracts to be leased in the Western Arctic

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Bob Wick / BLM
A group of muskox face the camera

5 gems we need to protect in the Western Arctic

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A desert tortoise in the Mojave Desert.

Map: Wildlife habitat, migration routes under threat

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Sam Roberts
Distant aerial overhead view of numerous green trees in Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico

USDA commits to logging public forests regardless of environmental damage

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Mason Cummings, TWS

Together we can protect public lands, now and forever.

Each day thousands of acres of wild places are lost to mining, drilling, logging and other development. But we don't have to give it all away. Together, we can save our wildest lands for future generations.

Twilight in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington

Nearly 112 million acres of wilderness protected

Miles Morgan

Protecting 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030 to meet environmental challenges

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Key Issues

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Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina

Working together for a more inclusive future

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Join the movement for wildlands

Defend our wildlands!

Racist or offensive names persist in U.S. parks; new plan confronts them

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Climate March in Washington, DC

More than 1 million members, followers, and supporters are making a difference

Jonathan Meyers, The Wilderness Society

How do we tackle climate change? Look no further than public lands

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Climate Change Solutions

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Mason Cummings.

There is just one hope of repulsing the tyrannical ambition of civilization to conquer every niche on the whole earth. That hope is the organization of spirited people who will fight for the freedom of the wilderness.

Bob Marshall Founder of The Wilderness Society

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