Month: July 2024

    For release: July 29, 2024 Contact: Emily Thompson  Concern Over FY 2025 NPS Budget  The House of Representatives passed an FY 2025 spending bill for the Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies last week. This bill would cut over $200 million -more than 6% – from the budget of the National

Dear Senator: On behalf of over 340 organizations, representing millions of members and supporters, we write to express our opposition to the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 (S. 4753). This legislation guts bedrock environmental protections, endangers public health, opens up tens of millions of acres of public lands and hundreds of millions of acres

July 29, 2024 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Senator Michael Bennet 261 Russell Senate Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Senator John Hickenlooper 374 Russell Senate Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear President Biden and Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper: Nearly 120 years ago,

July 29, 2024 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr. President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Biden: The Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks requests that you utilize your authority under the Antiquities Act to designate a national monument commemorating the life and legacy of Julius Rosenwald and the

July 29, 2024 Dear Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Speaker Johnson, and Leader Jeffries: Despite widespread national and Tribal opposition to the proposed 211-mile Ambler mining road through Gates of the Arctic National Preserve, the Senate Armed Services Committee included a speculative poison pill amendment from Senator Sullivan in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that

Range of Light National Monument: Coalition Letter to President Biden Tuesday, July 23, 2024* Dear President Biden, Secretary Haaland, & Chair Mallory: Your administration set the historic goal of conserving 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030, and the Range of Light National Monument will help fulfill that incredible land legacy in a

Arizona Climate Action Coalition * Cascabel Working Group Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks * Elders Climate Action – Arizona Chapter * Friends of Ironwood Forest * Grand Canyon Trust * Moms Clean Air Force – AZ National Parks Conservation Association * Sierra Club – Grand Canyon Chapter *  Sky Island Alliance * Tucson Audubon

July 22, 2024 U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Representatives: On behalf of our millions of members and supporters, the 83 undersigned groups urge you to oppose H.R. 8998, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025, when it comes up for a vote this week. This bill would

June 20, 2024 The Honorable JB Pritzker Governor, State of Illinois 207 State House Springfield, IL 62706 Dear Governor Pritzker, We write to express our concern about the threat posed by invasive carp to the environmental and economic health of Lake Michigan and the State of Illinois, as well as to the entire Great Lakes

July 8, 2024 Dear members of the House Appropriations Committee, On behalf of our millions of members and supporters, the following 65 organizations call on you to oppose the following sections, and all anti-environmental riders, of the Fiscal Year 2025 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations legislation. Sec. 139 This provision would prevent the BLM

July 8th, 2024 The Honorable Tom Cole Chairman Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Rosa DeLauro Ranking Member Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Chairman Cole, Ranking Member DeLauro and Members of the Committee, On behalf of our millions of members and supporters, we write to express our concern and opposition to the inclusion of multiple poison pill

Final Alaska Hunting and Trapping Rule is “Deeply Disappointing” The National Park Service Limits Bear Baiting but Fails to Protect Alaskan Bear Cubs and Wolf Pups WASHINGTON – New regulations announced by the National Park Service (NPS) will help protect visitor safety on national parklands in Alaska by limiting bear baiting. However, the new rule