This Earth Day promises to be truly special, not only because it’s the 40th anniversary, but because thousands of Americans from coast to coast will unite with the single goal of pushing a long awaited energy and climate bill past the finish line in Congress. If you’re looking for one important way to make a difference this Earth Day, this is it:

Join the masses of people who are urging the Senate to pass a clean energy and climate bill this year.

From now until Earth Day, we invite you to read our daily staff tips on how you can make a difference for wildlands.

One day in early May, a cow from the Porcupine Caribou Herd will begin her northward migration from Canada to the Arctic Ocean. She will be followed by tens of thousands like her, pregnant cows that will trek across hundreds of miles of snow-covered territory to get to their calving grounds in Alaska.

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Tip 1: Speak up for our nation's forests.

From now until Earth Day, we invite you to read our daily staff tips on how you can make a difference for wildlands.

My favorite way to experience wilderness is in the company of a canine friend. Over the years, I have explored many wild areas — always in the company of my dogs. Bringing our dogs along on backcountry adventures is non-negotiable to many of us, but it does raise a couple of challenges when thinking about trying to leave no impact on the places we visit. Here are a couple ideas I follow:

From now until Earth Day, we invite you to read our daily staff tips on how you can make a difference for wildlands.

Earth Day Tip 1

If you want to help wildlands on Earth Day, speak up for our nation's forests. Your voice can impact new forest planning management regulations that will determine how our forests are managed for generations to come. The Obama administration is developing these regulations now.

Times have changed since the first Earth Day, when a U.S. senator from Wisconsin managed to funnel the era’s activism into the historic gathering that put the rising challenges of the environment on the nation’s agenda.