Unchecked development is splintering intact landscapes and wildlife corridors that allow plants and animals to thrive. Unchecked development is splintering intact landscapes and wildlife corridors that allow plants and animals to thrive.
We’re eroding our capacity to store carbon and help ecosystems and communities adapt to changing climate conditions. We’re eroding our capacity to store carbon and help ecosystems and communities adapt to changing climate conditions.
The sell-off of unprotected public lands threatens a thriving outdoor recreation economy that directly supports 7.6 million American jobs. The sell-off of unprotected public lands threatens a thriving outdoor recreation economy that directly supports 7.6 million American jobs.
Some of the continent’s oldest and most sacred sites, vital to the cultural continuity of Native Nations, are on these lands and being destroyed. Some of the continent’s oldest and most sacred sites, vital to the cultural continuity of Native Nations, are on these lands and being destroyed.
Opportunities for all of us to connect with the land and engage with nature are shrinking. Opportunities for all of us to connect with the land and engage with nature are shrinking.