Environment America’s 2024 highlights
Five highlights of how our advocacy and action in 2024 put our country and our world on a greener, healthier, more sustainable path.
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.
The Latest on Wildlife & wild places
The bald eagle is America’s national bird
More of our ocean wildlife spared from drilling
Updates
Fish are disappearing
Southern Resident orca mom mourns the loss of another calf
Gov. Inslee issues executive order to restore salmon runs
Featured Resources
Reconnecting Nature
The Great American Outdoors Act
Journey Through the Tongass
We don’t need deep-sea mining
[This is] our fault and that's why we need to do everything possible to try to recover [Chinook]. And so when we’re talking about what are the fastest ways to recover chinook salmon. A big one is removing dams, removing dams that are blocking passageways up to natal rivers, up to high elevations and cold water habitats. As we remove dams we’re literally removing barriers for these fish to get back to where they’re trying to get.Dr. Deborah Giles, Science and Research Director with Wild Orca
“We need to do everything possible to try to recover Chinook salmon.”
The loss of any species is devastating no matter what it is, but losing salmon would be—for the entire ecosystem—unfathomable. It feels very urgent and real and like it could happen tomorrow.Blaire Englebrecht, Policy and Boating Programs Manager, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance
“Losing salmon would be unfathomable.”
I encourage everyone to care for our environment because every aspect of our lives depends upon it, and we are the ones responsible for its care and preservation.Theresa Gallant, Member, Environment Washington
I encourage everyone to care for our environment
The Latest
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STATEMENT: West Coast whale entanglements reach a 6-year high
NOAA statistics show need to protect whales; ropeless gear a prudent solution
Do more animals get hit by cars on full moon nights?
Animals deserve to be able to roam their habitat safely. How can we help protect wildlife from vehicle strikes?
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.
Southern Resident orcas are wearing salmon hats again
In a blast from the past, Southern Resident orcas seem to reviving a 1980's fashion trend: salmon hats.
Youth ocean activism is surging in the Pacific Northwest
On Saturday November 16th, over 100 students, activists and advocates attended a summit to learn about ocean conservation in the Pacific Northwest.