Why Public Lands and the Land and Water Conservation Fund Matter to America’s Veterans & Their Families
Thump, thump. “Shhhhhh, stop throwing rocks, you are going to scare the fish,” said my grandfather. Heeding this warning and watching him slowly wade up the river to sneak up on unsuspecting trout is one my earliest childhood memories. I had just turned four and my grandfather, a salty, but humorous World War II veteran, […]
A Constitutional Amendment for New England Cottontails
When talking about protecting our public lands, conservationists are often referring to the millions of acres of sprawling western lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service. However, for those of us east of the Mississippi River, public lands may appear to be very different, but are just as vital to the […]
NDAA Provisions a Threat to our Western Sporting Traditions, Not National Security
Saving the greater sage-grouse’s habitat is key to saving the sage-grouse. Photo by Aaron Kindle Sportsmen and women know well that hunting is about much more than the hunt. Many of our best memories are not of the animals we brought home but of those we simply had wild encounters with. These experiences are burned […]
Giving Bison More Room to Roam on the American Prairie
The American Prairie Reserve is working hard to build the largest nature reserve in the continental United States—and is currently proposing to restore wild bison on 250,000 acres of wild public lands in Northcentral Montana. No matter how you slice it, the public benefits of bison restoration are compelling! Learn more with our Top 5 […]
National Wildlife Federation Members, Supporters Share Experiences, Speak Out for National Monuments
“They feed my soul and rest my spirit.” The effort by the current administration to undo and shrink national monuments, specifically in Southern Utah, is alarming. This stands as one of the most brazen roll-backs of conservation protections across such a wide swath of landscape. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument / Image Credit: Brian Brooks, […]
Last Day to Tell the Environmental Protection Agency to Keep the Clean Power Plan!
The Clean Power Plan was meant to be the first step along a path that would lead to substantial carbon emission reductions. The Plan would have been the first ever federal rule to reduce pollution from power plants, the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. These emissions have already led […]
It’s Earth Day: Show Our Public Lands Some Love
Did you know the federal government manages approximately 640 million acres of public land? That translates to about 28% of the nation’s 2.27 billion acres! Multiple government agencies are charged with working together to protect the wild landscapes, the wildlife that live there and America’s outdoor heritage. The agencies involved include: Bureau of Land Management U.S. Fish […]
Protecting Wildlife by Stopping a Lose-Lose-Lose Proposition
On April 23, 2018, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management will end the opportunity for public comment on its backward proposal to gut a common-sense Bureau of Land Management rule to limit methane emissions from oil and gas operations on tribal and federal public lands. There are just a few days left to […]
On the Endangered List: The Land and Water Conservation Fund
You might expect our political leaders to champion a 50-year-plus program that has conserved more than 500 million acres in every state and nearly every county for wildlife habitat, hunting, fishing, parks, ball fields, and trails – at no cost to taxpayers. Since Congress established the Land and Water Conservation Fund in 1964, revenue from […]
A Place For Pollinators: Bees and Butterflies call National Monuments Home
News coverage about protecting butterflies, domesticated honeybees and our native bees often focuses on agricultural lands and the use of pesticides. But tens of thousands of acres of wild public lands provide habitat for an amazing array of our native pollinator species! See why keeping safeguards in place for the mountains, canyons, grasslands, alpine meadows […]