Protect Our Public Lands and Rivers

“The Bureau of Land Management should safeguard Indigenous peoples’ traditional landscapes, which include millions of acres of pristine lands and waters."

—Pew Environment on the need to .

Alaska Tribes Urge Bureau of Land Management to Protect Critical Lands and Waters The fate of many large landscapes and diverse, intact ecosystems across Alaska could soon be decided by the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which will identify which ancestral lands will remain protected from some forms of mining.

Earlier this year, 78 Alaska Tribes signed a letter to the Bureau of Land Management, asking the federal government to retain current D-1 protections for public lands in the state.

Read below to learn more about the critical importance of D-1 protections, which cover 28 million acres in Alaska.

Alaska Tribes Urge Bureau of Land Management to Protect Critical Lands and Waters The fate of many large landscapes and diverse, intact ecosystems across Alaska could soon be decided by the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which will identify which ancestral lands will remain protected from some forms of mining.

Happy ! Have you gotten out to your favorite trail?

It’s ! Sadie and Grace demonstrate that ANY day can be a good day for a hike on public lands -- even snowy ones!! Jim Gates 📷

News: 78 Alaska Tribes come together to urge the Bureau of Land Management to which are crucial for subsistence living. Let's stand with Alaska Tribes for the preservation of culture, tradition, ecosystems, and to mitigate impacts from climate change.

Over 75 Tribes Urge Bureau of Land Management to Protect Alaska D-1 Lands – Our Land Our Voice Our Future 6 Nov 2023 Over 75 Tribes Urge Bureau of Land Management to Protect Alaska D-1 Lands by Suzanne Little | posted in: press-release | 0 Tribes write in a letter that these lands are critical to subsistence way of life Seventy-eight Alaska Tribes wrote a letter urging the Bureau of Land Management (BLM...

A new wildlife crossing is complete—this one in Wyoming, and will help protect wildlife and crossings on a previously dangerous section of Highway 189. More on the exciting news:

Dry Piney wildlife crossing complete and will facilitate antelope and mule deer migration through vital area CASPER — As one of western Wyoming’s primary arteries, U.S. Highway 189 stays busy carrying Jackson-bound tourists, cattle ranchers and oil workers between fields in Sublette and Lincoln counties.

Some beautiful art to celebrate Nevada Day!

Read more below on the artist from our friends at the Friends of Nevada Wilderness.

Happy Nevada Day - from the britslecones of Mt. Charleston and sandstone hoodoos of Gold Butte to the sagebrush sea of the Sheldon and the alpine lakes of the Ruby Mountains, our beautiful state has so much to celebrate!

In honor of this very special day, check out Valerie Cohen's "Nevada's Trees Call Out to Us," a tribute to the flora of the Silver State: www.nevadahumanities.org/blog/2023/9/13/nevadas-trees-call-out-to-us

Utah's governor just signed into law $20 million to construct new wildlife crossings across the state. Here's a look at what this means for wildlife and drivers for Utah—and how other states are doing:

Utah Commits to Building More Wildlife Crossings to Improve Driver and Animal Safety When the Utah Legislature last March approved $20 million to construct new highway crossings for wildlife, state policymakers continued their long and impressive history of investments in this vital infrastructure. Numerous studies throughout the West show that over- and underpasses designed specifi...

Snow is starting to fall in parts of the west—and here's a cute video of elk playing on a wildlife crossing in Washington State:

WSDOT camera catches family of elk playing in snow on I-90 wildlife bridge Biologists observed a family of elk frolicking in the snow on the I-90 wildlife crossing Wednesday morning.

Today is the 51st anniversary of the , which, among other things, enables states to designate pristine waterways as "Outstanding." Read why over 240 Tribes, elected officials, small businesses, hunters and anglers, and other community members are urging the Washington Department of Ecology and Governor Jay Inslee to safeguard certain portions of the Cascade, Green, and Napeequa rivers for future generations: https://protectwawaters.com/2023/10/16/local-residents-urge-department-of-ecology-to-protect-outstanding-rivers/

From frog taxi to frog underpass, learn how humans are helping frogs cross the road in Portland.

“The wildlife is just trying to live their lives, and it’s us that has changed their lives drastically.”

Frogs could get their own underpass on this Portland highway A highway underpass, proposed by the Oregon Wildlife Foundation, is in the works to grant red-legged frogs safe passage to breeding grounds in Northwest Portland.

Pueblo Governors recently traveled to Washington, DC to oppose H.R. 4374, a bill that would nullify the U.S. Department of the Interior’s 20-year oil and gas ban in Greater Chaco. Listen to why Congress should oppose this harmful bill and instead work to permanently .

Protection of NM's Greater Chaco Region Faces New Threats A previous agreement to protect New Mexico's Greater Chaco Canyon region from oil and gas development is back on the table, forcing supporters to, once again, make their case before Congress. In June, the Interior Department withdrew roughly 336,000 acres surrounding Chaco Culture National Historica...

First of its kind: the first wildlife crossing over I-5 in Oregon (and the seventh in the state) is being planned. The crossing would connect multiple landscapes disconnected by the road, which serves as an obstacle to wildlife migration.

First-ever wildlife crossing over I-5 planned near Siskiyou Summit Plans are moving along for a wide, landscaped wildlife overpass spanning Interstate 5 about two miles north of the California-Oregon border.