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Parks, Open Spaces, Wild Places

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How do we protect the places we love?

America the Beautiful

The Grand Canyon. The Everglades. The Arctic. Across America, a small number of wild places now represent what's left of our natural heritage. We’ve known some of their names and places on a map since grade school. And now they’re under siege. Read more.

National Forests

This fall, about 60 million acres of our most pristine national forests won a reprieve from bulldozers and chainsaws. The challenge now is turning that respite into permanent protection. Read more.

National Parks

From Yosemite to the Smoky Mountains, our national parks provide millions of Americans with unparalleled opportunities to connect with the outdoors. Unfortunately, budget cuts, air pollution and encroaching development are threatening this vital part of our natural heritage. Read more.

Landscapes: Where We Live

Sprawl is gobbling up America’s open space at alarming rates. We advocate for policies to conserve open space, including robust funding to put our treasured landscapes under permanent protection. Read more.

Parks, Open Spaces, Wild Places in brief

From the Arctic wilderness to the misty groves of the Appalachians to the rolling hills of the Great Plains to our beautiful coasts, America is home to some of the world’s most stunning landscapes, lush wildlife and natural beauty. Unfortunately, too many of our natural wonders have been lost to logging, mining, oil drilling and overdevelopment. That’s why we are working to protect America’s last pristine places, critical wildlife habitat and the laws that protect them.
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Save the Grand Canyon: Stop toxic mining!

Let your senators know that you won’t stand for toxic mining threatening the Grand Canyon. Ask them to pass the strongest possible protections when they take up their version of the Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act.


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