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Resilient Habitats

Climate change 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 change.

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

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8.26.10
The Department of the Interior announced last week that full environmental assessments will be required for all new deepwater drilling. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and the new Bureau of Oce...
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8.23.10
Gray wolves in the Northern Rockies and Greater Yellowstone region are once again protected under the Endangered Species Act. On August 5, 2010, a federal judge in Montana overturned the U.S. Fish an...
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8.5.10
The Canada lynx, a wide-ranging big cat that lives in the Rocky Mountains, is one of our continent's large mammals that is the most threatened by climate change. As the temperatures rises, its habita...
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Climate change 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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