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Press Statement for Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project PDF

The Wilderness Society and the Nevada Wilderness Project support the Department of Interior’s approval of the Crescent Dunes Solar Project in Nevada.

In The Zone: Powering the Future and Protecting Wildlands with Guided Solar Development PDF

America stands at a crossroads, with a historic opportunity to build a renewable energy future that is as green as it is clean. Our public lands have a role to play in the building of sustainable, environmentally responsible solar projects, and the decisions made during the coming months and years will shape both our western landscape and our chances for achieving a clean energy future.

Proposed Millers Solar Energy Zone: Nevada PDF

Western Nevada boasts some of the best solar resources in the nation, with great potential for clean energy development in the flat expanses within the basin and range landscape. In particular, the proposed Millers Solar Energy Zone (SEZ), a little more than halfway between Las Vegas and Reno, stands out as an exceptional area for solar development, and based on available data, could be developed with minimal environmental conflicts. View the map below for more details on this zone, or click on the map for a larger PDF version.

Saving the Last Wilderness Treasures VIDEO

After 75 years of fighting to protect America's wildest places, The Wilderness Society's job is nowhere near complete. Here's a glimpse at some of the places that still need to be saved — places threatened by everything from oil and gas development to off-road vehicle abuse to climate change. Please join the fight to protect these treasures before it's too late.

The Antiquities Act: Protecting America's Treasures PDF

Since its passage by Congress in 1906, the Antiquities Act has been a critically important tool for the preservation of our public lands – lands that belong to all Americans. Serving as a vital “insurance policy” for our nation’s natural treasures, the Antiquities Act gives the president the power to grant national monument status to areas possessing significant historical and/or scientific values.

National Landscape Conservation System Maps MAP PDF

This series of maps illustrates National Landscape Conservation System locations, made up of the gems within our public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management.

Map of Designated Section 368 Energy Corridors and Existing and Proposed Coal Fired Power Plants MAP PDF

This map shows how the designated West-wide energy corridors run directly to existing and proposed coal fired power plants, facilitating the continued reliance on this dirty fossil fuel.

Success! 2 Million New Acres of Wilderness! VIDEO

Read more... - Tremendous day for Wilderness - Wilderness bill back on track - U.S. Senate Passes Huge Public Lands Bill!

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