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Connecting with nature
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You can help America restore its connection to nature by getting out to wilderness yourself. Camping is one great way to do it!
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[homepage] Renewable Energy: How does it affect our public wild lands?

Renewable Energy
How does it affect our public wild lands?

7 things the Obama Administration can do to help
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Why Wilderness

Wilderness is a precious resource with many human, natural and economic benefits that we need to protect.

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Our precious wild places are being lost at the rate of 6,000 acres per day. You can help save America’s last remaining wilderness by joining The Wilderness Society with a gift of $35 or more today!

Support Our Work

The Wilderness Society has partnered with Capital One® to offer you three credit card options to fit your needs. Every time you make a purchase with your card, a portion of each dollar you spend goes directly to The Wilderness Society.

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Why Wilderness

Wilderness is a precious resource with many human, natural and economic benefits that we need to protect.

Read more

Join Us

Our precious wild places are being lost at the rate of 6,000 acres per day. You can help save America’s last remaining wilderness by joining The Wilderness Society with a gift of $35 or more today!
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Hearings begin on Arctic Ocean drill rig grounding

Friday, May 24, 2013

The U.S. Coast Guard began multi-day investigatory hearings on May 20 into Royal Dutch Shell's drilling rig the Kulluk, which went aground near Kodiak Island, Alaska, last New Year’s Eve.
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- Shell
- energy
- oil and gas
- Alaska
- Arctic Ocean
- Arctic drilling
Friday Mystery Photo

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Acadia was the first National Park east of the Mississippi River and has the tallest mountain on the U.S. Atlantic coast, Cadillac Mountain. The park has diverse natural features and ecosystems, including:
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- Acadia National Park
- sequestration
Rich lands at Gold Butte offered another opportunity for protection

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Which is why this week legislation that would protect these lands was introduced yet again, granting these lands another opportunity for well-deserved recognition and conservation.
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Congress Picks the Wrong Battle on Public Land Sequestration

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Yet, here we are, with people and the government unable to stop furloughs, job losses, and lower revenue to keep the government functioning. Our public lands have certainly not been spared from this indiscriminate budget ax.
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Drill here, Sell there?

Friday, May 3, 2013

This is not great environmental news.
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- oil
- gas
- drilling
- energy exports
New bill would expand energy efficiency measures across the country

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act (S.
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- energy efficiency
- legislation

Alaska’s Izembek wilderness is a political hostage

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

But Alaska’s Sen. Lisa Murkowski refused to accept that decision. She and residents of the tiny community of King Cove are fighting to have the decision overturned.
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Keywords:
- Alaska
- Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
Sagebrush safaris return to northwest Colorado

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Birdwatchers travel from far and wide to northwest Colorado to see male sage-grouse strut their stuff in hopes of attracting a mate. Early spring is prime season to catch these timid grouse dancing on the lek and shaking their tail feathers through organized tours.
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- greater sage grouse
- Oil and gas drilling
Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Illabot Creek move one step closer to protection

Thursday, March 14, 2013

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Western Clean Energy Advocates letter to Gov Hickenlooper in support of renewable standard increase

Members of the Western Clean Energy Advocates (WCEA), signed a letter encouraging Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper to to sign SB 252, to increase the renewable energy portfolio standard for rural electric providers

. WCEA is a diverse and growing coalition working to transform the way we produce, use, and distribute energy across the West. WCEA aims to create jobs, protect the West’s water, wildlife, and ecosystems, address climate change, and enhance energy security.

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Blueprint for a responsible renewable energy program on public lands

Smart Steps to Establish a Responsible Program for Renewable Energy on Public Lands

Since its first day in office, the Obama Administration has made rapid and responsible expansion of renewable energy a top priority. The public lands have played a major role in achieving early goals, but only because of focused effort to correct decades of inattention and inactivity toward developing renewable energy as a major component of the nation’s energy mix.
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By The Numbers: Acres for Energy and Conservation

Expanding energy development to meet the growing needs of America must be balanced with protecting vital wild places.

The Wilderness Society has launched a new quarterly report "By The Numbers" to track how many acres of American land have been protected by Congress and the Executive branch, and how many acres have been leased out to energy development.
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Testimony reveals Kulluk needed more tow vessels

Tim Woody
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Witness testimony today by Noble’s Offshore Installation Manager Todd Case as he was questioned by the National Transportation Safety Board revealed that the Kulluk drill rig -- which Shell attempted to tow across the Gulf of Alaska with a single tow vessel before it broke loose and ran aground last New Year’s Eve -- should have had multiple tow vessels for safe transport.

Case was aboard the Kulluk when it went adrift and ran aground on a small island south of Kodiak.
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Hastings-Young bill would scrap a balanced plan for NPR-A

Tim Woody
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

U.S. Representatives Don Young and Doc Hastings have introduced H.R. 1964 in an effort to scrap the Department of the Interior’s recently finalized, comprehensive plan for the western Arctic’s National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, the nation’s largest tract of public land. The bill is scheduled for a hearing tomorrow on Capitol Hill.
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Blueprint identifies ways Interior Department can continue building a smart renewable energy plan to meet Obama’s goals

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Identifying smart steps the Obama Administration, including the Department of the Interior and Bureau of Land Management, can take to continue building a responsible program for renewable energy are part of a “blueprint for action” released by The Wilderness Society today.
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[homepage] Save a wild place: Help protect Browns Canyon, Colorado

[homepage] Take action: Tell Congress to protect wilderness this year

[homepage] Connecting with nature: Go Outside and Play!

[homepage] Support Wilderness: Help us Build a Wild Movement

[homepage] Renewable Energy: How does it affect our public wild lands?

Take Action: WILDERNESS NEEDS PROTECTION TODAY. TELL CONGRESS TO ACT.

Donate: Help protect our treasured wildlands

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Hearings begin on Arctic Ocean drill rig grounding

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Friday Mystery Photo

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Rich lands at Gold Butte offered another opportunity for protection

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Congress Picks the Wrong Battle on Public Land Sequestration

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Drill here, Sell there?

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New bill would expand energy efficiency measures across the country

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Alaska’s Izembek wilderness is a political hostage

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Sagebrush safaris return to northwest Colorado

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Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Illabot Creek move one step closer to protection

Western Clean Energy Advocates letter to Gov Hickenlooper in support of renewable standard increase

Blueprint for a responsible renewable energy program on public lands

Smart Steps to Establish a Responsible Program for Renewable Energy on Public Lands

By The Numbers: Acres for Energy and Conservation

Testimony reveals Kulluk needed more tow vessels

Hastings-Young bill would scrap a balanced plan for NPR-A

Blueprint identifies ways Interior Department can continue building a smart renewable energy plan to meet Obama’s goals

Take Action: WILDERNESS NEEDS PROTECTION TODAY. TELL CONGRESS TO ACT.

Donate: Help protect our treasured wildlands

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