Land Conservation

Land Conservation

Land Conservation

We must protect 30% of lands by 2030 to fight the climate and extinction crisis. Protecting wild places will keep drilling and logging from dumping pollution into the air, sequester emissions, provide protection from extreme weather, homes for wildlife, and opportunities for people to enjoy the outdoors together.

 


Paria Rimrocks, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

About Our Program

Our campaign focuses on protecting lands as a climate solution. Safeguarding these places will reduce our carbon pollution and conserve these places for future generations.

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Help save Our Wild America

Our natural heritage is threatened by mining, drilling, and the devastating effects of climate disruption. We must protect our land and water so plants and animals can survive and thrive for generations to come.

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Protecting at least 30 percent of lands and waters by 2030 can fight the climate crisis, protect clean air and water, and provide endless ecological benefits.

June 21, 2018

Salt Lake City, UT -- The House Natural Resources Committee today will host a hearing on the Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018. The bill has a unique opportunity to implement a precedent-setting process and notable protections for Utah…

June 21, 2018

In an inevitable development, a mining company has laid claim to public lands within Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

June 21, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. --  House Republicans just passed their version of the 2018 farm bill-- a package that weakens the SNAP anti-hunger program and includes provisions undermining bedrock environmental safeguards for clean water, wildlife and…

June 21, 2018

Mission, TX-- Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed an appropriations bill that includes $1.6 billion for border walls and increased funding for Border Patrol. If passed through Congress, the appropriations legislation fully funds 65…

June 19, 2018

DENVER CO -- Huerfano County Commissioners today asked for oil and gas leases near Great Sand Dunes National Park and the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness be deferred.  The Commission voted in favor of asking the Bureau of Land Management to hold…