Congress passed a package of public lands bills today that protects nearly 2.5 million acres of public land and 676 miles of rivers throughout the US. The Natural Resources Management Act (S.47) also reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Ahead of a government shutdown and the conclusion of the 115th congress, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle came together to pass the Natural Resources Act. This public lands package pushes eight Conservation Alliance priorities across the finish line, protecting more than two million acres of wild places, preserving 396 miles of river, and reauthorizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
“Fill the pipeline!” That’s been The Conservation Alliance’s mantra for many years …
Sweating profusely with an obscenely overstuffed bag swaying behind me, four words rang through my mind: never underestimate the Owyhee.
Senators Wyden and Merkely’s Oregon Wildlands Act brings together longstanding efforts to protect outstanding rivers and wild landscapes in Oregon.
If it passes, HR 3990 will invalidate the Antiquities Act as an important tool for conservation, and put all existing National Monuments at risk.
We have two opportunities to protect the Arctic Refuge from oil rigs: 1) Ask our Senators to strike Arctic drilling from the budget bill, and 2) if #1 fails, ask our Senators to vote down the entire budget bill.
For decades, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been at the center of a debate over oil drilling, and the debate is not over.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke today submitted a report to President Trump in which he reportedly recommends that the President alter the boundaries of some National Monuments designated since January 1996.
On July 27th, 2017, during the final Outdoor Retailer in Salt Lake City, 3,000 outdoor industry business owners, outdoor enthusiasts, friends and colleagues marched to the Utah state capitol to show their support for our shared public lands.
