After decades of calls to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, we finally have an opportunity to help gain permanent wilderness protection for the refuge. For the first time ever, the U.S.
As President Obama gives his annual State of the Union address, those of us at The Wilderness Society feel the timing is urgent to give our own “State of Public Lands” briefing.
As the nation's premiere public lands conservation organization, we’re happy to report that the Obama administration has begun to correct the most industry-centric land policies of the Bush era, a time when vast tracks of the nation’s wildlands were offered on a platter to oil and gas development.
It is the 50th Anniversary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. What better excuse to get to know this great wilderness?
Over the next two weeks a friend and I will do just that by embarking on a great adventure that will take us through this remote land in the northeast corner of Alaska.
