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Resilient Habitats

Sierra Club's Wilderness Essay Contest
What does wilderness mean to the millennial generation? Does the idea of wilderness have any relevance for twenty-first century environmentalists? Find out more.

Climate disruption is the largest threat that our natural heritage has ever faced. We must now actively work to create resilient habitats where plants, animals, and people are able to survive and thrive on a warmer planet. Click the images below to learn more, and take action by urging the Obama administration to help protect wildlife habitat from climate disruption.

Adirondacks to Acadia Ecosystem Greater Everglades Ecosystem Gulf Coast Ecosystem Quetico-Superior Ecosystem Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Greater Grand Canyon Ecosystem Sierra Nevada Ecosystem California Coast Ecosystem Olympic Peninsula-Puget Sound-North Cascades Ecosystem Arctic Coast Ecosystem

News

6.18.13
Sustainable Music From The Forest To The Stage
Deforestation harms communities, ecosystems, and the planet. (Photo: geograph.org.uk) There are many things you may personally know and love about your guitar, from the sound that it makes to the way...
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6.12.13
The George Washington is a special forest! Don’t Frack it Up!
Photo: Jim Waite National Forests belong to all Americans. Unfortunately, the Forest Service has too often put the short-term interests of extractive industries ahead of our nation’s long-term ecolog...
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6.6.13
Protecting the Borderlands
On a recent trip to Tucson, Arizona, from my home just outside Washington, D.C., I sat in the garden in my mom's back yard and just listened. I knew I would not have time to make it to any of the nat...
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Climate disruption is the largest threat that our natural heritage has ever faced. The effects of climate disruption are already being felt on even our most pristine landscapes. Setting aside areas where development is restricted is no longer enough -- we must now actively work to create resilient habitats where plants, animals, and people are able to survive and thrive on a warmer planet.

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