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The Great Outdoors Giveaway: Help stop Congress’ anti-environmental agenda

July 29, 2011 By Laura Bailey

Ironwood Forest National Monument

Credit: BLM

As Congress debates funding for conservation programs this week, wilderness lovers should know that some members have launched an unprecedented assault on our wild places and natural resources. The House will vote as early as this weekend on a appropriations bill that would close wildlife refuges, remove much-needed protections for wildlife, allow uranium mining to go on near the Grand Canyon, and prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from protecting the air we breathe and the water we drink. Read more

Wild places worth saving: 27 sites Congress must protect

May 25, 2011 By Rebecca Bright

South Fork of the Snake River

Credit: Dave Carlson

Every September, Idaho resident Dana Menlove and her husband take to the river with their two young children, trading a few days in the classroom for the lessons of the Snake River’s South Fork. At their favorite spots, the family fishes for native Yellowstone cutthroat, browns and rainbows and watches moose meander through their camp. Region: Northeast Read more

America’s Great Outdoors making a cultural connection

April 6, 2011 By Emily Diamond-Falk

A slice of historic land that has been used as a golf course will soon have a new fate thanks to a presidential initiative that aims to protect some of America’s wildest lands. America’s Great Outdoors (AGO) is on the move, and can already be seen taking shape all over the country. We’re encouraged by the administration’s engagement and enthusiasm, and will continue to highlight actions they are taking that make AGO real. Read more

Voters give Congress a mandate … for conservation

November 5, 2010 By Alan Rowsome

Middle Fork of the Williams River in Cranberry Wilderness, Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia. Photo by Duane Bowker.

This past Tuesday’s election delivered a message that is reverberating throughout the halls of Congress: Voters went to the polls and sent the message that partisanship and legislative gridlock are no way to manage the nation’s business. By delivering a divided Congress for the first time in 10 years, voters are not endorsing one party or the other — they are instead crying out for cooperation, compromise and a little common sense. Read more

Rallying support for the Land and Water Conservation Fund

October 27, 2010 By Lindsey Levick

It might have been a cold, rainy few days in Hartford, Connecticut, but inside the Land Trust Alliance Rally’s convention center people from all across the nation and world were full of energy and enthusiasm. Participating in seminars covering every conceivable topic related to land protection as well as visiting diverse exhibitor tables, people were abuzz with new ideas for saving and protecting our land and water. Read more

Advocates from across nation gather in Washington to support LWCF

October 12, 2010 By Lindsey Levick

Washington, D.C. was abuzz this month with ranchers, lawyers, land owners and sportsman to advocate for full and dedicated funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. “Walking the marble halls of Congress was quite a change of pace from my usual day to day conservation work in western North Carolina,” recalls Kieran Roe of the North Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy who brought his immense energy and passion for protecting land with him all the way to Senator Burr’s (R-NC) office. Read more

America’s Great Outdoors can protect Minnesota’s lands and waters

August 4, 2010 By Emily Diamond-Falk

Bird on Lake Wisconsin. Photo by Carl Johnson.

Approximately 650 people crowded into a concert hall at the University of Minnesota–Minneapolis to discuss conservation, recreation and how to reconnect Americans with the outdoors. Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Nancy Sutley, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); and senior representatives from the United States Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Interior (DOI) attended the “listening session” as part of the Obama administration’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative. Read more

Colorado Citizens and Officials Urge Protection of our great outdoors

July 19, 2010 By Steve Smith

Photo: Dolores River in Colorado. Photo courtesy of the BLM.

Region: Central Rockies Read more