Public lands are still under attack.

After a year of major conservation progress, industrial interests and their political allies are launching a relentless assault on public lands—including an extremist effort to seize and privatize millions of acres.

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Mason Cummings, TWS

Mason Cummings, TWS

Together we can protect public lands, now and forever.

Each day thousands of acres of wild places are lost to mining, drilling, logging and other development. But we don't have to give it all away. Together, we can save our wildest lands for future generations.

Twilight in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington

Nearly 112 million acres of wilderness protected

Miles Morgan

Protecting 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030 to meet environmental challenges

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Key Issues

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Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina

Working together for a more inclusive future

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Climate March in Washington, DC

More than 1 million members and supporters are making a difference

Jonathan Meyers, The Wilderness Society

How do we tackle climate change? Look no further than public lands

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Climate Change Solutions

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Mason Cummings.

There is just one hope of repulsing the tyrannical ambition of civilization to conquer every niche on the whole earth. That hope is the organization of spirited people who will fight for the freedom of the wilderness.

Bob Marshall Founder of The Wilderness Society

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