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Oregonians Applaud Public Lands Rule Emphasizing Conservation and Recreation

State Leaders Urge Swift Action to Conserve Public Lands, Preserve Cultural Resources, and Protect Wildlife Habitat

Arizonans Applaud BLM Rule as Key to Sustainable Future for Public Lands Across the State

Phoenix, AZ – After prioritizing extractive industries for the past 40 years, today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its final “Public Lands Rule” to balance and uphold its multiple-use mission.

Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Votes to Keep Elk Reliant on Feedgrounds

Pinedale, WY – Today the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission voted to approve the final Wyoming Elk Feedgrounds Management Plan that sustains the artificial feeding of elk herds, contradicting science-based recommendations, and jeopardizing northwest Wyoming’s delicate ecosystem. The plan, published in February after years of development, was meant to initiate the phased withdrawal of the 21 state run feedgrounds in West

Sierra Club Applauds Biden for Move to Protect Boundary Waters

ELY, MN -- Today, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed a Public Land Order protecting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW or Wilderness), Voyageurs National Park (VNP), and 1854 Treaty Area from sulfide-ore copper mining. The PLO, called a mineral withdrawal, bans toxic mining on 225,504 acres of Superior National Forest land in the watershed of the BWCAW and upstream of the Wilderness.

Sierra Club Applauds the US Forest Service’s Draft Environmental Assessment for the Boundary Waters

Today, the US Forest Service issued a draft of an environmental assessment, recommending a 20-year mineral withdrawal from Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. This process will also initiate a 30-day comment period, after which a final environmental assessment will be delivered to the Bureau of Land Management, and then to the desk of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland for a decision.

RELEASE: New report first to highlight climate, extinction benefits of protecting Utah’s Red Rocks Wilderness

Utah— Today, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Sierra Club released a report that highlights how the America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act would play a vital role in slowing the extinction and climate crises. 

Trump Administration Again Slashes Endangered Species Act Protections to Benefit Polluters

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) finalized a rule change that alters the process for designating critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act. This will weaken the ability to designate critical habitat for at-risk species and prioritize economics over science. The rule gives increased weight in decision making to developers to prioritize oil and gas development and other industries over safeguarding and restoring habitat for endangered species.

Sierra Club Supports Removal of Confederate Monuments, Boundary Waters Protections

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The House Natural Resources Committee today passed out of committee several important pieces of legislation, including the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act, H.R. 5598, sponsored by Rep. Betty McCollum (D-N.M), the Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act, H.R. 970, sponsored by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), and a bill on the removal of the Albert Pike statue near Judiciary Square, H.R. 4135 introduced by Rep. Eleanor Norton (D-DC).

Sierra Magazine: A Glimpse at Highlights from the Latest Edition

Oakland, CA— Sierra magazine’s July/ August edition is now on newsstands and arriving at subscribers’ homes. The issue dives into our ever-evolving relationship with nature and the outdoors. Highlights include: 

• Editor Jason Mark’s In Public Lands is The Preservation of the Public: An exploration on the ability of wild spaces to heal a divided nation. 

Sierra Club: Congress Must Take Climate Action, Protect Colorado’s Public Lands

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, the House of Representatives will vote on the Protecting America’s Wilderness bill that includes the Colorado Wilderness Act— legislation that would safeguard more than 740,000 acres of land located in 33 critical wildlife and ecologically-sensitive areas in Colorado.

Protecting America’s Wilderness to Make Strides for California Conservation

Washington, DC-- Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the Protecting America’s Wilderness Act (PAW)-- a bill to protect more than 1.3 million acres of Wilderness and  thousands of miles of Wild and Scenic rivers. Efforts will conserve critical habitat, create greater access to the outdoors and protect threatened lands in California, Colorado, and Washington. 

Protecting America’s Wilderness Act Huge Win for Communities, Climate

Washington, DC-- Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the Protecting America’s Wilderness Act (PAW)-- a bill to protect more than 1.4 million acres of wilderness, conserve critical habitat, and safeguard thousands of miles of rivers across the United States. The package includes designations for new Wilderness areas, Wild and Scenic rivers, forests and other protections across California, Colorado and Washington.