Support Conservation on Public Lands!

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.

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Dear Director Stone-Manning and President Biden,

I join many local communities and advocates throughout the country in applauding the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) new "Public Lands Rule" -- a bold vision that places cultural lands protection, conservation, access to nature, wildlife, and climate change mitigation on equal footing with industrial development across the West. Of the tens of thousands of comments submitted to the BLM, 92 percent support this action, along with numerous Western elected and community leaders.

Thank you for re-balancing the BLM's multiple-use mission after 40 years of catering to extractive industries.
BLM-managed lands across the Western United States provide clean drinking water and fresh air, support healthy natural areas for wildlife and recreation outdoors, and protect innumerable cultural sites and landscapes that Indigenous and other communities value. With rapid changes occurring due to nature loss, drought, wildfire, and other climate-related impacts to communities, as well as increasing development pressures, this new direction will promote healthy communities and protect wildlife, watersheds, and cultural resources.

I urge you to now encourage the BLM to collaborate with Tribal Nations and local communities to implement the rule to address nature loss, better protect wildlife and cultural areas, and safeguard outdoor access and recreational opportunities in beloved places nationwide. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity that demands urgent action. I also urge you to work with the U.S. Forest Service to finalize a meaningful rule to protect mature and old growth trees, which is one of the easiest and most effective ways to deliver on our nation's climate goals.

Thank you for your commitment to conservation and a vibrant future for the lands you protect.

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Bureau of Land Management photograph of hikers on the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, California

This image was obtained from the BLM Flickr account.