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Needed: Bi-partisan support for rational energy policies - Bill Meadows in the National Journal

June 21, 2011 By Neil Shader

TWS President Bill Meadows commented in the National Journal's ongoing "Energy and Environment" forum, calling for an end to unnecessary subsidies for the oil and gas industry, and better support for the burgeoning wind and solar industries in the U.S. Read More at the National Journal Read more

NPR's Diane Rehm Show to host Bill Meadows on June 7

June 1, 2011 By Christopher Lancette

Tune in to NPR's Diane Rehm show on June 7 from 11 a.m.-noon Eastern to hear Wilderness Society President William Meadows share our plan for fighting back against the anti-wilderness agenda in Washington. Congress and the Obama administration have dished out so many attacks on our wild lands this year that it feels like it’s open season on our open spaces. Bill will sit down with NPR host Diane Rehm to discuss these attacks and they'll open the lines to callers like you! Read more

Rafting the Middle Fork: A reminder of what we’re fighting for

October 4, 2010 By William H. Meadows

Last month, I had the pleasure of joining a group of Wilderness Society friends and supporters on a four day trip down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho. I can think of no better way to have kicked off National Wilderness Month than spending it with fellow wilderness lovers rafting one of the wildest and most pristine rivers in the United States, all the while surrounded by 2.3 million acres of designated Wilderness in the Frank Church—River of No Return Wilderness. Read more

Obama’s Green Team learns from Americans about conservation

June 3, 2010 By William H. Meadows

Bill Meadows.

As Americans begin to head outdoors for summer hiking, fishing and picnicking, the Obama administration headed to Montana for the first “listening sessions” as part of America’s Great Outdoors. The administration will be holding listening sessions across the United States in the coming months to learn about successful local conservation partnerships. The knowledge gained will inform a November report that will help implement a national America’s Great Outdoors initiative. Read more

Should the U.S. curb offshore drilling? National Journal asks, we answer

May 25, 2010 By Neil Shader

Bill Meadows

The Gulf oil spill disaster is continuing to spew oil into the Gulf of Mexico — and the investigation into what went wrong hasn’t been completed. Further drilling in the fragile ecosystem of the Arctic Ocean, could threaten thousands of whales, polar bears, and walruses. Read The Wilderness Society President Bill Meadows’ thoughts about new drilling, hosted on the prestigious National Journal forum. Read more

Wilderness Society calls for drilling timeout

May 5, 2010 By William H. Meadows

Bill Meadows.

When it comes to national oil drilling policy, the facts on the ground have changed. Instead of leaning on the myth that technology had made oil spill disasters obsolete, the Administration must now face what could become the largest oil spill disaster in our history. Clearly this is not the time to expand drilling as if nothing had changed. The threats to places like the Arctic coast, where there isn’t a fleet of Coast Guard vessels to respond to oil spills, are too great to open up more areas to offshore drilling. Read more

Celebrating 50 Years of Bears, Birds, and Caribou in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

April 30, 2010 By William H. Meadows

Bill Meadows

Soon more than 100,000 caribou will be roaming the coastal plain, with females nursing their new-born calves. Polar bears will have left their dens and headed off to coastal waters. Millions of migratory songbirds and waterfowl will be nesting. The Gwich'in people will be fishing and hunting and building stores for the winter, as they have for thousands of years. Read more

Father's Day Came Early This Year: Remembering the "Father of Earth Day"

April 22, 2010 By William H. Meadows

Bill Meadows

As we commemorate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, I remember my dear friend and "Father of Earth Day," Gaylord Nelson. Gaylord was not just an environmental advocate or U.S. Governor and Senator — he was a game-changer who inspired a nation and thrust the environmental movement into a legacy of lasting achievements and activism. The Wilderness Society takes a special interest in this particular anniversary because when Gaylord left the Senate in 1981 he joined our staff, and was a counselor until his death in 2005. Read more