Thanks to the folks that brought you Google Earth, anyone with an internet connection can now take virtual tours of famous national parks in California.
Fish and marine mammals are important sources of food for the town’s residents. Like other communities on Alaska’s North Slope, Barrow faces direct threats from the threat of oil spills, pollution from industrial development, and climate change.
Teshekpuk Lake has been designated by the Bureau of Land Management as one of four Special Areas in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, which is also known as the Western Arctic Reserve.
Home to 45,000 caribou and millions of birds that migrate here from five continents, Teshekpuk Lake is part of the broader Arctic landscape that The Wilderness Society works to protect. I’m visiting this magnificent lake with staff members from our Alaska regional office before moving
While Prudhoe Bay has its place in meeting U.S. energy needs, there is no doubt that oil development has caused irreversible changes to the Prudhoe Bay region.
As the new president of The Wilderness Society, I’m visiting Alaska’s Arctic to get a first-hand look at the landscapes we’re working to protect and the role oil drilling has on Alaska’s Arctic and its people.
A recent video from CBS news reports that the time kids spend outdoors has dropped 16 percent in just the past five years. And the average American child now spends an astonishing 53 hours a week using technology, according to report.
WILDERNESS NEEDS PROTECTION TODAY. TELL CONGRESS TO ACT.
Last Congress we witnessed the worst Congress for wilderness: the first since 1966 to not protect a single acre of wilderness. We cannot let history repeat itself. Urge your representative and senators to support America’s natural heritage.