Sierra Club Wildlands and Wilderness Team

"Unfortunately, it will do little to address the coal, oil and gas use that is driving climate change. Even worse, many sections, if not removed, will actively make it worse." time.com/6087933/biden-…

🦉🦉 “...all of this land should have been safeguarded. If we’re going to address both the extinction and climate crises, we must protect more forests from logging.” Noah Greenwald @CenterForBioDiv eenews.net/articles/feds-…

"The issue is to what lengths McGirt might extend — and whether the state and the Stitt administration are able to clarify or even overturn it." tulsaworld.com/news/state-and…

"National parks are slowly integrating Indigenous astronomy into astrotourism experiences...Indigenous communities, who lived and thrived on these landscapes for more than 10,000 years, should be the ones to share their cultures’ star stories." outsideonline.com/adventure-trav…

🐝🐶 "Darwin was trained as a conservation detection dog to seek out bumblebees and their nests, and Staab said he’s the only conservation dog in the country that specializes in bees.” summitdaily.com/news/local/con…

Forest wildlands - especially old-growth forests like the Tongass - are critical carbon sinks, protect watersheds, and support local communities. We must continue protecting these important ecosystems!! sierraclub.org/press-releases…

"The project known as the Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing is one step closer to happening now that Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a budget that includes $7 million to help build it — and another $54.5 million for similar projects" calmatters.org/politics/2021/…

"We are experiencing one of the worst droughts in more than a thousand years. Logging and thinning does not change the weather. And fuels are not the primary reason for large blazes." thehill.com/opinion/energy…

"The Colorado River, which feeds Hoover Dam, is severely over-allocated. 'Politicians in the 1920s ignored science and promised more water to the cities and farms of the West than the river can deliver,' John Fleck, director @UNM Water Resources Program." abqjournal.com/2403937/last-c…

"For coastal Indigenous communities like Mason’s, these ancestral lessons can be the difference between plenty and poverty." vox.com/22524908/indig…

USFWS invites Tribal and other governmental agencies, the scientific community, industry, and other interested parties to submit comments on a proposed plan to reintroduce America's only native ferret in Arizona & NM 🌵 currentargus.com/story/news/loc…

"Moore will become the first African-American to run the Forest Service, which is the second-largest landowner in the United States."mercurynews.com/2021/06/28/bay…

"Protecting the grouse and its habitat benefits hundreds of other species that depend on the Sagebrush Sea ecosystem. These include pronghorn, elk, mule deer, golden eagles, native trout, and migratory and resident birds." biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-r…

There's so many strong Anishinaabekwe in this fight to #StopLine3. See them. Hear them. Follow their lead. theguardian.com/us-news/2021/j…

"Beardless chinchweed is one of a dozen imperiled animals and plants threatened by the proposed Rosemont copper mine near Tucson, which would impact more than 145,000 acres of wildlife habitat." biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-r…

"The time remaining to rein in the climate crisis and avert a scenario of an ice-free Arctic in the summer is limited..." commondreams.org/news/2021/06/1…

"Many endangered species in Hawaii are 'hanging on by a thread' and even a slight increase in the feral cat population could push some species to extinction." civilbeat.org/2021/06/why-th…

"So far, President Biden and the Army Corps of Engineers haven't listened to our voices—we are hoping they will listen to yours." commondreams.org/news/2021/06/1…

"Private ranching operations in the park are damaging Miwok archeological sites. A proposal to protect those sites was discarded by the Park Service and replaced in 2015 with a plan to protect “historic” dairy ranches." biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-r…

"Can we undo the damage of years past, reduce our risk and, crucially, do so on a large enough scale to make a difference? Can our big, old trees that have stood sentinel in California for thousands of years, continue to survive here? Can we?" nytimes.com/2021/06/15/tra…