The Wilderness Society

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Following up on a rule released earlier this year, the federal Bureau of Land Management issued a “Request for Information” that gives the public an opportunity to provide input as the agency considers new or expanded Special Areas in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to better protect wildlife populations and Indigenous ways of life in the Western Arctic.

From hiking to kayaking, No Child Left Inside (NCLI) helps underserved youth go on outdoor adventures in Washington. Read Washington Trails Association's blog about breaking down barriers to the outdoors.

Thank you, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, for calling on the U.S. Department of the Interior to protect Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge from industrial mining! Located in Southern Nevada, Ash Meadows NWR is one of Earth's most unique desert oasis ecosystems. It is a sanctuary for irreplaceable endemic species, boasting the highest concentration in the U.S. and second highest in North America. It's home to the endangered Devils Hole pupfish, a species found nowhere else on the planet. Ash Meadows lives and thrives on groundwater flow from the Amargosa River, which sustains the refuge and the communities of the Amargosa Basin in Nevada and California. Industrial mining threatens the delicate and ancient groundwater-dependent ecosystem and the livelihoods of thousands of people. 📸 Rod Colvin/USFWS https://bit.ly/3XZXnTC

We partnered with Somos Un Pueblo Unido and New Mexico Health Equity Partnership to amplify the voices of oil & gas workers in New Mexico. We are sharing extracts from Somos' Worker Voices Series, which features the hopes and concerns of current and former workers (mostly Latino and immigrant) amidst an energy transition. It's time for a just transition–one that creates clean energy jobs while supporting the workers who powered our past.

We partnered with Somos Un Pueblo Unido and New Mexico Health Equity Partnership to amplify the voices of oil & gas workers in New Mexico. We are sharing extracts from Somos' Worker Voices Series, which features the hopes and concerns of current and former workers (mostly Latino and immigrant) amidst an energy transition. It's time for a just transition–one that creates clean energy jobs while supporting the workers who powered our past.

Like other communities of color, Asian American communities tend to have fewer safe green spaces where they can enjoy nature close to home. And thanks to barriers like language differences and lack of public transportation, not enough Asian Americans have easy access to public lands, either; despite recent increases in visitation, national park visitors remain overwhelmingly white. We spoke with six outdoor advocates about their connections to the outdoors and environmentalism, and why they believe it’s important to have equitable access to nature and conservation. Check out their stories!

We partnered with Somos Un Pueblo Unido and New Mexico Health Equity Partnership to amplify the voices of oil & gas workers in New Mexico. We are sharing extracts from Somos' Worker Voices Series, which features the hopes and concerns of current and former workers (mostly Latino and immigrant) amidst an energy transition. It's time for a just transition–one that creates clean energy jobs while supporting the workers who powered our past.

“Some interpretive issues arising in the regulatory context involve scientific or technical subject matter. Agencies have expertise in those areas; courts do not. Some demand a detailed understanding of complex and interdependent regulatory programs. Agencies know those programs inside-out; again, courts do not.” — Justice Elena Kagan in a dissenting opinion on today’s SCOTUS decision overturning a foundational legal doctrine. - https://nyti.ms/3xz534p We could not agree more and see this playing out in federal agencies’ hard work managing and stewarding our shared public lands for current and future generations.

The BLM just took bold action for the Arctic, blocking a controversial road that would have gone through Gates of the Arctic National Park, and also proposing to restore protections for 28 million acres: https://bit.ly/3LoJ9UV