In a letter to Congress, The Wilderness Society's Vice President for Public Policy, Melanie Beller asks Members and Senators to send a message to the EPA thanking them for doing all they can do to protect our public health.
It’s more important than ever to invest in a green economy — creating green jobs and protecting the air and water that keep us healthy. As President Obama calls for fiscal restraint in domestic spending, a coalition of public interest groups and conservation and wildlife organizations make the case for what Congress can do to create jobs while strengthening key environmental programs — all while cutting wasteful spending by nearly $20 billion per year.
This bar graph breaks down the number of acres designated as Wilderness by each Congress since the Wilderness Act was enacted in 1964 through the end of the 110th Congress in 2008.
The Wilderness Society Wilderness Support Center's Associate Director Michael Carroll met with Rep. Grivjalva (D-AZ) in Washington and asked him where his land ethic comes from and talked through what's to come with Tumacácori and his other public lands priorities for the 111th Congress.
See the letters The Wilderness Society drafted to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, signed by 22 leading renewable energy companies, conservation, and other organizations, that asked our leaders to consider priorities when drafting new energy transmission legislation.
