Public Lands

For too long, environmental decisions that negatively impact communities have been made by those who don’t feel the impacts.

Constituting nearly one-third of the land mass of the U.S., public lands offer a critical solution to the climate and extinction crises and

With the right policies and partnerships, our public lands and waters—some of the highest quality strongholds of nature left on the planet—can be connected in a continental system that provides clean air, drinking water and refuge for all.

The first installment in the series, Public Lands, We the People,  the panel on July 1 explored the ways we can – and must – manage our