The Wilderness Society

9 big conservation wins from 2021

After a tough 2020, there was some good news this year. A lot of it, in fact. In 2021, President Biden and a new Congress ushered in a series of hard-fought wins on climate, conservation and public lands. These ranged from decisive steps to overturn the worst Trump attacks, to bold new actions that will help us better confront the climate crisis. And none of it would’ve been possible without the tireless efforts of our supporters and partners, who have helped push lawmakers to do the right thing and aspire to a more just and sustainable future.

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If Congress passes the Outdoors for All Act, it will expand a key program that builds new parks and revitalizes existing ones for underserved urban communities. Lawmakers have a chance to extend these benefits to nearly 24 million more people and hundreds more communities, representing a major increase in access to exercise and other benefits of the outdoors.

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From Bears Ears to the Red Road, a big year in Indigenous conservation leadership

This year, the unwavering advocacy efforts of Tribal leaders and Indigenous communities yielded important progress on climate and land-protection efforts. At the same time, a number of policy changes and other actions at the federal level signaled long-overdue recognition of traditional ecological knowledge, Tribal treaties and Indigenous priorities. Read more

Logging-free forests are critical to threatened wildlife

Once upon a time, the big, split-hoof tracks of woodland caribou were common in the North American West. Then came large-scale logging and other human disturbances. A new study illustrates how protecting forest lands from development can help secure critical habitat for caribou and other sensitive species again. Read more

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