Magnificent Seven
Seven endangered places to save
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Wilderness is a precious resource with many human, natural and economic benefits that we need to protect.
When you make a donation of $35 or more, you become a Wilderness Society member and part of a community passionate about protecting wilderness.
The Wilderness Society has partnered with Capital One® to offer you three credit card options to fit your needs. Every time you make a purchase with your card, a portion of each dollar you spend goes directly to The Wilderness Society.
Wilderness is a precious resource with many human, natural and economic benefits that we need to protect.
When you make a donation of $35 or more, you become a Wilderness Society member and part of a community passionate about protecting wilderness.
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a technique used by the oil and gas industry to extract natural gas from rock thousands of feet underground. The fracking process includes pumping millions of gallons of water, sand and toxic chemicals (including carcinogens) underground.
The state of energy today is anything but clear. Is increased oil and gas drilling the way to lower gas prices? Are natural gas and renewables the best prescription for energy independence? Will the XL Keystone pipeline create more jobs for communities?
America’s National Wildlife Refuges are some of the absolute best places in the country for wildlife. They offer unparalleled opportunities to see birds, elk, deer and bears in their most natural habitats.
Why Refuges Matter
If not properly maintained, these roads will fall apart bleeding large amounts of dirt into America’s rivers. This dirt runoff degrades stream quality and destroys fish habitat.
Chimney Rock National Monument is nestled in the heart of the San Juan National Forest.
Our National Conservation Lands were designated specifically to conserve, protect and restore some of the most outstanding landscapes in the country. With the added guidance provided by new manuals, the BLM is well on its way toward meeting these goals.
And I was fortunate enough to backpack through this exceptional area in the summer of 2005, enjoying a lovely lunch on a bridge overlooking roaring Thunder Creek.
September has always been a critical month for America’s wild lands. The Wilderness Act was signed into law on September 3, 1964 and National Public Lands Day falls at the end of September.
Bylaws of The Wilderness Society amended October 2012.
Congress is considering drastic cuts to vital conservation and environmental programs! Here are some of the effects of making deeper cuts to conservation.
The budgetary “sequester” scheduled for January 2013 must be avoided in order to prevent deep and damaging cuts to federal programs that support public lands and the communities and wildlife that depend on them, clean air and water, and a sustainable energy future. Unless Congress identifies another way to reduce the deficit, the consequences will be deeply damaging for programs that are important to protect the environment and public health, which are both popular with the American people and important for local economies.
A historic milestone was reached today with the release of the Department of Interior’s plan for siting solar energy on Bureau of Land Management land across the west. In a final Record of Decision, the agencies adopted a blueprint for balancing conservation and development that, for the first time in history, identifies zones suitable for solar energy development. The plan and zones are aimed at protecting sensitive resources, reducing conflict and opening the path for a more efficient permitting process.
The agency reached the 10,000 MW mark three years ahead of the 2015 deadline set by congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
The following statement can be attributed to Chase Huntley, renewable energy policy director:
“The Roadless Rule is now indisputably the law of the land. Today’s announcement by the Supreme Court denying Wyoming’s petition to review the Roadless Area Conservation Rule case is good news for the millions of Americans who have called for safeguarding our nation’s 58 million acres of pristine roadless forest areas for current and future generations.