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Dear WildAlert Subscriber, On this day, 45
years ago, America established a national commitment to
wilderness conservation when the Wilderness Act was signed into
law. The act created
the National Wilderness Preservation System, now numbering 109
million acres, and forever empowered Americans with the
legislative means to protect our most pristine public lands and
all they embrace – stunning vistas, diverse ecosystems,
wildlife, clean air and water, and respite from modern
civilization. You are a
central part of our success. With your help, we’ve
been the foremost leader in preserving millions of acres of
America’s wildest places, including more than two million
acres protected this year alone. To thank you,
we’ve put together a slideshow of photos selected from our
Wilderness photo contest. Some 800 wonderful photos were
entered in the contest, presenting us with quite a challenge in
judging them. Click
here to see some of the places that you’ve
helped protect, a wonderful legacy for future generations.
The work
continues. Thank you for standing with us! Kathy Kilmer
Sept. 3 marks
the 45th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Tip your glass to
the great things the Wilderness Act has helped achieve by
sharing your favorite stories about time spent in wildlands.
Happy or sad, funny or serious, your words tell the story of
Wilderness. Click below for President Bill Meadows' blog on the
anniversary. Then "Add new comment" below his post: include your
first name and city and up to 150 words. Entries will be shared
on our website throughout September! Protections Reinstated for Roadless Forests! We've been working for years to protect America's roadless forests and this month we have cause to celebrate. A federal court has rolled back Bush administration attempts to neuter the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which protected some 58 million acres of pristine national forests throughout the country. The Bush rule attempted to allow individual states the option of implementing their own rules protecting far fewer acres. The court agreed with assertions made by The Wilderness Society that Bush's state petitions rule was misguided and that the Forest Service didn’t consider the impact of the move on the environment. This means the 2001 rule is now back in effect nationwide except on the Tongass National Forest in Alaska and on national forests in Idaho. Read more.
Connect the dots on global warming Can the clean energy revolution take root even as Dirty Coal tries to scare the daylights out of us by spending millions on fear campaigns? Find the answers to this and other global warming news with JP Leous, our policy advisor for climate change. Read his regular blog here. New hope for protecting fish and wildlife The federal government has never issued clear standards requiring agencies to make the protection of wildlife a priority in managing our national forests. Now there’s hope on the horizon. Learn more. Wilderness Society helps Ken Burns uncover National Parks' diverse history Our own Frank Peterman had a hand in helping documentary maker Ken Burns find one of the interesting characters portrayed in Burns’ much-anticipated series on national parks, to be aired in the fall on PBS. Read about it here. Then check back later in September for our video interview with Ken Burns. Caring through EarthShare If you're a federal employee, a member of the military, or you work for the postal service, you can support The Wilderness Society's work to protect America's wild places through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) – your workplace giving campaign. Just enter CFC code #10638 on your pledge card during your fund drive. Learn more here. Help us fight plans to drill in the Arctic! Once again, Big Oil and Coal are lobbying hard for blind exploitation of some of our most pristine wild lands. Places like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Tekshekpuk Lake, and the Arctic Ocean are home to hundreds of unique species of birds, bears, fish, and other wildlife, and the site of hundreds of years of human cultural history. Your donation will help The Wilderness Society push back against well-funded oil and gas lobbies and remind the Obama administration of its promise to protect our natural treasures from corporate greed and speculation. Help us protect our natural heritage by making a tax-deductible gift today. Words to Inspire "We simply
need that wild country available to us, even if we never do more
than drive to its edge and look in. For it can be a means of
reassuring ourselves of our sanity as creatures, a part of the
geography of hope." The Wilderness Society's mission is to protect wilderness and inspire Americans to care for our wild places. As a subscriber to WildAlert, you join more than 410,000 Wilderness Society members and supporters in protecting and restoring America's wild places. |
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