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Lewis and Clark, Wild America Lewis and Clark, Wild America

From the Niobrara River in Nebraska to the Columbia River Estuary in Washington and Oregon, there are American wildlands in need of protection. Find out where the Sierra Club is focusing its efforts, and see what you can do to help.

Save These Wild Places!
As part of the Wild America campaign, we've targeted wild places that need protection. Choose a place and learn how you can flex your activist muscle and do something to help.

bison in snowSpecies at Risk
Populations of many of the animals observed by Lewis and Clark have greatly diminished, and some plant and animal species have gone extinct, or are on the brink of it. Find out what Lewis and Clark observed about the following plants and animals -- and what's left today.


Motorizing Yellowstone

A study team spent hundreds of hours and covered hundreds of miles searching for evidence of off-road vehicle abuse in Montana's Gallatin National Forest. What did they find? Check out their investigative report.

About Our Campaign
Join the Sierra Club in commemorating the 200th anniversary of Lewis and Clark's expedition.


For more information about the Sierra Club's Lewis and Clark campaign or to find out how you can help, contact lewisandclark@sierraclub.org.

Photo: Missouri River, courtesy Wayne Mumford.