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Why are there public lands? Good question.

February 6, 2012 - Editor's Note: The following piece appeared in the Las Vegas Sun on Saturday, February 4, 2012.  Why are there public lands? Good question. William H. Meadows more

Assault on wilderness fails in the polls

Colorado Rockies

Credit: Ann Morgan

January 31, 2012 - Half a billion acres. Thirteen bills -- ranging from giving away our great outdoors to mining in the Grand Canyon -- that would attack our nation’s lands and waters have been introduced this Congress. Our wilderness is under siege, and it seems as though the House leadership thinks that the American people support this inherently anti-American assault on our nation’s natural legacy.  more

National Parks Dive Into Five Year Action Plan

North Cascades Backcountry Ranger

Credit: Lucy Lieberman

January 24, 2012 - America’s National Parks, one of the greatest conservation legacies in the world, contain more than 84 million acres of American treasures, from untouched wilderness to historic battlefields marred by war - all protected by the National Park Service. more

Keystone XL Pipeline Denied! Send a letter to Obama here

Big thanks to protesters who spoke out against the destructive Keystone pipeline

Credit: Tarsandaction, Flickr

January 20, 2012 - President Obama has denied the controversial Keystone XL pipeline permit, preventing the enormously destructive project from carving up wild places from Canada to the Gulf. What Obama’s decision means: - Prevented: The destruction of millions of acres of Canadian boreal forests. - Prevented: Oil spills in the American heartland. - Prevented: Tons of climate change causing pollution. more

State-by-State Wilderness Under Siege

January 19, 2012 - Alabama "The Great Outdoors Giveaway" would strip existing protections from 13,000 acres of Alabama National Forest The "End the National Monuments Act" would strip the President of his authority to designate national monuments The "Motorize our Wilderness Act" would open over 41,000 acres of Alabama Wilderness Areas to motorized vehicles Alaska more

Can Hollywood’s “Big Miracle” inspire people to help protect the Arctic Ocean?

A 1988 effort to rescue three whales trapped by ice inspired the movie "Big Miracle," which is set in the Arctic.

Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

January 13, 2012 - Hollywood will bring Alaska’s Arctic to theaters nationwide next month when Drew Barrymore stars in the movie “Big Miracle” about the 1988 effort to rescue three endangered gray whales trapped by sea ice off the coast of Barrow, the northernmost community in the United States. more

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