Last year, tens of thousands of advocates like you urged the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the largest land manager in the nation, to stop managing public lands primarily for extraction. Of the comments that were submitted, 92 percent supported a new administrative rule that will put wildlife, climate, and water protections at the forefront of our land management.
For years, the BLM has managed federal public lands by favoring oil and gas drilling, mining, logging, and other extraction over all other uses – even recreation. However, thanks to your advocacy, the agency just released a new rule to help put people and the planet first.
Public lands provide and connect vital habitat for wildlife, preserve clean water and air for local communities, absorb thousands of tons of carbon from the atmosphere, safeguard cultural and historic legacies, and provide opportunities for recreation, from hiking to hunting to fishing. With rapid changes occurring across the West due to nature loss, drought, wildfire, and other climate-related impacts, now is the time to take bold action.
Will you take the next step now to thank the Biden administration for approving this conservation rule and urge them to safeguard more public lands, from iconic open landscapes to mature forests, for future generations?
Be sure to write a short personal comment about what outdoor spaces mean to you so the administration can't miss your message.
