Protecting America’s Public Lands and Waters from Drilling

Photo by Loren Blackford
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of America's last truly wild places and must be preserved. | Photo by Loren Blackford

Public lands and waters should never be threatened by oil and gas drilling. We work to protect these special places from legislative assaults and federal regulatory rollbacks that threaten to open them up to exploitation by the fossil fuel industry.

Press Releases

October 7, 2021

Washington, DC -- The Biden administration has announced it will recommend a full restoration of safeguards for three national monuments whose boundaries were shrunk by the Trump administration. Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments as well as Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Marine Monument protect about five million acres of federal land and water — and will help the Biden administration achieve its goals of conserving  30% of lands and waters by 2030. 

September 30, 2021

The federal reconciliation bill drafted by House Democrats is shaping up to be one of the largest investments in outdoor accessibility and equity in a generation.

September 29, 2021

A 21st-century CCC is essential to a green recovery and taking on the multiple crises we face.

September 20, 2021

FOR PLANNING PURPOSES

18 de agosto de 2021

La Casa Blanca anunció hoy que el Presidente Biden seleccionó a Charles F. Sams III para servir como el decimonoveno director permanente del Servicio Nacional de Parques (NPS).

August 18, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the White House announced that President Joe Biden selected Charles F. Sams III to serve as the nineteenth permanent director of the National Park Service. Sams currently serves as a council member to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, a position he was appointed to by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Sams would be the first Indigenous person to lead NPS. Sams has an extensive background working with Tribal Nations throughout the Pacific Northwest. 

August 3, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On the one-year anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) becoming law, the Sierra Club called on Congress and President Biden to build on the law’s base and take big, bold action in order to secure a livable and sustainable future.

20 de julio de 2021

Del 17 al 25 de julio, el Sierra Club se unirá a las celebraciones de la Semana de Conservación Latina —una serie de eventos patrocinados por la Hispanic Access Foundation para promocionar el acceso a la naturaleza de la comunidad latina y participar en actividades que protejan los recursos naturales.

July 20, 2021

Oakland, CA— From July 17-25, 2021, Sierra Club will join Latino Conservation Week celebrations— a week of events sponsored by the Hispanic Access Foundation to support the Latino community getting into the outdoors and participating in activities to protect our natural resources. This year’s celebrations focus on heightening awareness on the need for climate action to protect the natural world, access to the outdoors, and communities.

July 8, 2021

Washington, DC— The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will vote next week on the confirmation of Tracy Stone-Manning as Director of the Bureau of Land Management. Last month, more than 100 local and national conservation organizations sent a letter to the Senate urging support for her confirmation. Read the letter here, and watch the live stream of the vote here.