Land

Wilderness advocates, stewards, and academics, mark your calendars for the National Wilderness Conference, Oct. 15 to 19, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. While we count down the days until Sept. 3 and the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act (visit Facebook for our countdown posts), people from across the country are finalizing their travel plans to go to the five-day conference. Read More

Fifty years after the passage of the Wilderness Act, the law remains the nation’s most effective tool for protecting wild places. The two dozen bills now before Congress would together add more than 2.6 million acres of wild land to the National Wilderness Preservation System established by the act. Read More

A solid majority of voters in Colorado, Montana, Oregon, and Nevada believe that protecting the greater sage-grouse is an important part of preserving their Western way of life, according to a new bipartisan poll conducted by Benenson Strategy Group and Public Opinion Strategies.  The survey was commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Read More

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is reviewing public comments on 15 draft management plans for roughly 50 million acres of greater sage-grouse habitat across 10 western states. On May 1, The Pew Charitable Trusts submitted comments on the greater sage-grouse to BLM Director Neil Kornze. Read More

The Wilderness Act, which turns 50 this summer, will be featured in an episode of the television series “This American Land” shown on Public Broadcasting Service stations nationwide. The segment features interviews with wilderness advocates working to permanently protect some of the nation’s finest wild lands, watersheds, and wildlife habitat as... Read More

From the rugged and secluded Brokeoff Mountains in southeast New Mexico, to the scenic Volcanic Hills of Central Nevada, our spectacular wild places remain mostly unprotected. Read More

The Pew Charitable Trusts is working with local organizations throughout the West and in Washington to ensure that planners at the Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, recognize the scientific, economic, and cultural imperatives to keep our West wild. Read More

The Pew Charitable Trusts is working with local organizations throughout the West and in Washington to ensure that planners at the Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, recognize the scientific, economic, and cultural imperatives to keep our West wild. The Brokeoff Mountains in southeastern New Mexico stands at the top of the list. Read More

The Australian Outback is one of the most unusual places on Earth. Composed of forests, woodlands, and grasslands, this vast area remains wild, abundant, and largely untouched by development. But a number of threats confront the Outback. They range from massively destructive, uncontrolled wildfires and degradation from the large number of feral animals and exotic plant invasions to the severe... Read More

Oregon's McKenzie River has long been recognized by whitewater enthusiasts and anglers alike for its outstanding recreational value. The river emerges high in the Cascade Range, and its clear, cold waters support multiple species of fish and wildlife and provide the sole source of drinking water for more than 200,000 people in the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area. Read More

Wilderness advocates, stewards, and academics, mark your calendars for the National Wilderness Conference, Oct. 15 to 19, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. While we count down the days until Sept. 3 and the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act (visit Facebook for our countdown posts), people from across the country are finalizing their travel plans to go to the five-day conference. Read More

Fifty years after the passage of the Wilderness Act, the law remains the nation’s most effective tool for protecting wild places. The two dozen bills now before Congress would together add more than 2.6 million acres of wild land to the National Wilderness Preservation System established by the act. Read More

A solid majority of voters in Colorado, Montana, Oregon, and Nevada believe that protecting the greater sage-grouse is an important part of preserving their Western way of life, according to a new bipartisan poll conducted by Benenson Strategy Group and Public Opinion Strategies.  The survey was commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Read More

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is reviewing public comments on 15 draft management plans for roughly 50 million acres of greater sage-grouse habitat across 10 western states. On May 1, The Pew Charitable Trusts submitted comments on the greater sage-grouse to BLM Director Neil Kornze. Read More

The Wilderness Act, which turns 50 this summer, will be featured in an episode of the television series “This American Land” shown on Public Broadcasting Service stations nationwide. The segment features interviews with wilderness advocates working to permanently protect some of the nation’s finest wild lands, watersheds, and wildlife habitat as... Read More

In May 2014, President Obama designated New Mexico's Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. Pew's U.S. Public Lands director Mike Matz discusses why these public lands are worthy of recognition and how national monument status will benefit the local community. Read More

Nearly half of commonly found birds in the United States and Canada—more than 300 species—rely on North America's boreal forest for nesting or migratory stopover. Read More

The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks area in southern New Mexico is one step closer to permanent protection. Read More

The Bureau of Land Management is currently deciding how public land east of Fairbanks, Alaska, will be used for the next 20-30 years. Plans involve opening areas including the White Mountains National Recreation Area, the Steese National Conservation Area, the Upper Black River and the Fortymile area to new mining and development. Read More

New Mexico's Rio Grande del Norte is a beautifully diverse landscape, home to migratory birds, elk and deer. Efforts are underway to safeguard 235,000 acres of this region, including the iconic Ute Mountain and part of the Rio Grande gorge. Legislation would also preserve traditional hunting, grazing, fishing and wood-gathering for local farmers and ranchers. Read More