Businesses Unite as LWCF Faces Expiration
281 outdoor-inspired businesses asking Congress to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)
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Protecting Recreation in Northwest California
Northwest California is full of world-class outdoor recreation in the form of hiking and biking, quad-riding, fishing, and wildlife viewing and Congressman Huffman’s bill seeks to protect it.
Congressman Huffman takes action for NW California’s Rivers and Mountains
Congressman Huffman (CA-2) introduced his Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act today, putting California one step closer to celebrating the protection of 360,000 acres of Wilderness and National Recreation Areas and 450 Wild & Scenic river miles.
Grantee Update: Friends of the Columbia Gorge Completes “Preserve the Wonder” Campaign
The land-preservation campaign has allowed Friends to purchase and permanently protect eight, different properties.
45 Conservation Alliance Members Continue to Stand Up for the Arctic Refuge
The Trump Administration is required by law to use the information gathered during the public comment period to inform how it proceeds with oil and gas exploration in the Arctic Refuge. Together with 45 Conservation Alliance member companies, we submitted a formal comment to the Department of the Interior, ensuring our collective voice is heard.
Grantee Update: Defending the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Recently, the Department of the Interior reinstated two expired mineral leases for the benefit of Chilean-owned Twin Metals Minnesota at the edge of the Boundary Waters.
Is a Package of Public Lands Bills in our Future?
With the chaos of the Trump presidency and a hyper-partisan Congress, it is natural to assume that little good can come out of Washington, DC these days.
Our Public Lands 101 Training Goes North!
Our Public Lands 101 training seeks to provide our members and their employees with a digestible overview of our public lands system. The idea is simple: if we know more about the system perhaps we will feel empowered to stand up to protect its integrity.
Hatch, Curtis Introduce Wilderness Bill for Emery County, UT
The Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 seeks to protect almost one million acres of public land, including more than 500,000 acres of Wilderness.
The 18-Month Plan to Save the Arctic Refuge
After decades of protection, in December of 2017 a provision mandating oil and gas drilling in the iconic Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was included in the Tax Reform package passed by Congress. Now, the Trump Administration is rushing to sell off the Arctic Refuge to oil companies as soon as possible. Here’s what you can do.