The monarch butterfly and the Endangered Species Act
Key things to know about the monarch butterfly, its decline, and protections it may receive from the Endangered Species Act.
Wildlife & wild places
Can you imagine a world filled with more wildlife and wild places? So can we. And we’re working together to make it happen.
Every minute, we’re losing two football fields worth of wild lands, and too many animal species face extinction. It’s up to us to turn things around. We imagine an America with more mountaintops where all we see is forests below, with more rivers that flow wild and free, more shoreline where all we hear are waves. An America with abundant wildlife, from butterflies and bees floating lazily in your backyard, to the howl of a coyote in the distance, to the breach of a whale just visible from the shore. Together, we can work toward this better future.
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Protect the Gila River as it bends southwest of Phoenix
The Gila River flows past Phoenix, south through the Sonoran Desert and bends west toward California. The area is in need of protection.
Mining for uranium at the Grand Canyon
The Pinyon Plain mine has been dormant for decades. But now mining uranium at the Grand Canyon threatens wildlife, water and people in the area.
How coal mining harms the environment
Coal mining harms our lands, waters, and wildlife even before burning contributes to coal air pollution and climate change
Canyons 101
We've run campaigns to protect many canyons: the Grand, Chaco, the Dolores River, the Owhyee and more. But what is a canyon? Learn more ...
The Antiquities Act is meant to protect America’s natural and cultural treasures forever. Is the Act itself in danger?
The Antiquities Act has played a crucial role in protecting many of America's most treasured landscapes. We take it for granted at our peril.