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Single-use plastics don’t belong in our national parks. Plastic harms our most precious wild places. You just hiked miles and miles through Grand Canyon National Park, descending past layers of golden, majestic rock. You finally reach the bottom of the canyon and pop your hiking boots off to cool your toes in the Colorado River. Something hits your foot — you look […]
A company called BlueTriton, known until recently as Nestlé Waters North America, is draining tens of millions of gallons of water annually from San Bernardino National Forest in California — all to bottle it up and sell it.1 California is in a drought. Right now more than 97 percent of California is in a drought, compared to just 41 percent of the […]
Enjoy honey, chocolate and coffee? With bee populations in freefall, some of your favorite foods might start to vanish alongside your favorite pollinator. It’s time to save the bees. A summer day just wouldn’t be complete without the buzzing of bees. That’s why Representatives Earl Blumenauer (Ore.) and Jim McGovern (Mass.) put together a plan to protect bees by suspending the use of […]
We need your support to help save gray wolves from hunting. The clock is ticking toward the end of our fiscal year — and so is the clock for gray wolves. Right now, for the first time since the 1970s, gray wolves across the entire Lower 48 states are missing the strong Endangered Species Act protection that rescued them from the […]
Two hundred and sixteen dead wolves in 60 deadly hours. That’s 18 percent of Wisconsin’s wolf population slaughtered by hunters in less than three days.1 Gray wolves are dying. Wisconsin rushed to allow hunters to chase down wolves with dogs this past February, just weeks after wolves lost their Endangered Species Act protections. Yet another hunting and trapping season is already planned […]
Each year, approximately 8 million metric tons of plastic waste make their way into our world’s oceans. That’s the equivalent of five grocery bags filled with plastic for every foot of coastline.1 Plastic pollution is deadly to wildlife. All this plastic pollution in our environment isn’t just unsightly. It’s also deadly. Millions of animals are killed by plastic every year, from fish […]
In the “land of 10,000 lakes,” Enbridge is rushing to build a pipeline that would be disastrous for water quality, ecosystems and our climate. We need to stop this pipeline. Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota crosses more than 800 wetlands and 200 bodies of water — including hundreds of essential U.S. water sources.1 The Line 3 pipeline is an oil spill waiting […]
America’s lynx population is collapsing, and a recently introduced bill could be the last nail in this wild cat’s coffin. Lynx populations are declining. Officials have long been worried by the decline in lynx populations in the United States. As just one indicator of the problem, a 2016 study estimated that there could be as few as 54 lynx left in Washington […]
Moose, deer and elk can now safely walk across a busy highway in Utah — thanks to a wildlife corridor, which is an overpass above the highway that blends in with the natural landscape. Wildlife corridors save lives. Before that wildlife corridor was built, the highway was the scene of 106 collisions between vehicles and animals, which killed 98 deer.1 Wildlife corridors are […]
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a safe haven for polar bears, caribou and countless migratory birds. It’s a special place, but there could be dark times ahead for the Arctic Refuge if we don’t act. Our senators can protect the Arctic Refuge from drilling. Under a 2017 law, hundreds of thousands of acres of Arctic Refuge land were opened for oil […]