Watershed Restoration Action Plans: Review and Recommendations to the U.S. Forest Service Regarding the Integration of the Travel Analysis Process and Watershed Condition Framework
Protecting our public lands takes patience, cooperation and partnerships. In New Mexico, The Wilderness Society is working with a diverse group of partners to win permanent protections for the Columbine Hondo in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Ancient forests, dramatic peaks and alpine lakes are what immediately meets the eye in in the North Cascades. But there is much more than beauty in this Washington mountain range.
The U.S. Forest Service has made restoring damaged forests a priority. The Watershed Condition Framework initiative launched by the Forest Service helps the agency restore America’s watersheds.
Communities across the United States depend on the headwaters of rivers and streams for clean drinking water. But America’s water is at risk because our headwaters are increasingly harmed by threats like climate change.
After a long history of mistreatment and neglect, America’s national forests and grasslands need to be restored to a healthy condition. The U.S. Forest Service leads this effort.
Since the Wilderness Act passed in 1964, Congress has designated nearly 110 million acres of federal wildlands as official wilderness. Official wilderness has the highest form of protection of any federal wildland.
This coalition letter, addressed to Majority Leader Reid, Speaker Pelosi, Minority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader Boehner, requests that Congress prioritize the consideration of pending legislation affecting America’s citizens, communities, public lands and waters before the close o
Commercial oil shale development relies on unproven, environmentally destructive, and economically dubious technologies that are decades away from commercial readiness. In addition, extracting, producing, and refining oil shale also requires more water than the region has available. Tremendous amounts of water are needed for every step of oil shale production, including mining and handling, electricity generation, retorting, and refining. This fact sheet explores the many water issues surrounding oil shale development.
Global warming is shrinking the winter snowpack. A smaller snowpack means reduction in the runoff that sustains our river flows, makes the desert bloom, allows salmon to reach and return from the ocean, and powers the world's greatest hydroelectric system.
