If funding for scientific forest research is cut off and key facilities are closed, crucial research to save wildlife will cease—and fishers will lose. 🌲 Urge Congress to strongly support the U.S. Forest Service research program: https://ow.ly/NXkU50ZwfiQ #forests #forestservice
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📢 A win for piping plovers and the Great Lakes! 🌊 The Michigan Supreme Court has rejected Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline tunnel permit and ordered a more rigorous environmental review. 👏
The administration issued an executive order to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments by 3 MILLION acres. 🦌🏜️ This ignores the will of the people and could jeopardize sacred Indigenous cultural heritage sites and important wildlife habitat in Utah.
Thank you to our over 16,000 activists who spoke out to protect clean, safe drinking water, wildlife, and the environment from the threat of toxic #foreverchemicals! 💧 We will keep advocating for protections that safeguard the health of people and wildlife from pollution. #PFAS
"Strip mining" of our ocean’s seabed would destroy seafloor habitats and harm marine wildlife through dredging, toxic sediment plumes, and industrial noise and light pollution. 🌊 Say NO to seabed mining: https://ow.ly/47MZ50ZqQkz
The Legacy Restoration Fund can protect this all. 🏞️ Take action to urge your Representative to vote YES to pass this crucial funding for wildlife and public lands: https://ow.ly/x7aB50ZqfHl #wildlife #publiclands #legacyrestorationfund
You can take action on PFAS 📲 https://ow.ly/icn250ZoZl6 Tell the EPA: Do not roll back regulations that protect the health of people, wildlife, and the environment from toxic #PFAS "forever chemicals"
The construction of a physical border wall threatens bears & all wildlife that depend on migration corridors in the Big Bend region of Texas. 🐻🏜️ Tell Congress there are ways to maintain border security without building a wall that threatens wildlife & public lands: https://ow.ly/kAWr50ZoY9r
Sea turtles, lynx, whooping cranes & countless other species depend on healthy habitat across our public lands & waters.🏞️ But that habitat has been degraded & fragmented in recent years. Urge your representative to vote YES on the Legacy Restoration Fund: https://ow.ly/s3fj50ZnpX4
#BearsEars & #GrandStaircase-Escalante are extremely important for Indigenous communities, while providing invaluable wildlife habitat, recreation opportunities, and the fuel for rural economies. 🧗♀️🦅🌲 The proposal also undermines the Antiquities Act. 🚨
As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, don’t let our nation’s conservation science be eroded by politics. 🦅 A new proposal would sideline experts & allow political motives to determine how federal tax dollars for wildlife are spent. Speak up: https://ow.ly/6aKC50ZmbKM
Toxic forever chemicals known as #PFAS are polluting lakes, rivers, and streams across all 50 states, putting the health of people and wildlife at risk. 🛢️💧There's no time to waste, tell the EPA NOT to remove protections against forever chemicals. 📲 https://ow.ly/8BjR50ZmcKn
A new proposal would take power from expert scientists, allowing politics to determine how federal tax dollars intended for #wildlife #conservation are spent. Don’t let political motives hijack help for #endangeredspecies. 🦅 https://ow.ly/26mo50ZlMe9
Waiving environmental protections to build a physical border wall through Big Bend National Park threatens ALL wildlife that depend on open landscapes to survive. Tell Congress that the border can be secure without destroying important wildlife habitat: https://ow.ly/nHRy50ZkQmc
Take action to defend the health of people & #wildlife from chemical exposure 🐬 Forever chemicals negatively impact immune systems, reproduction, the liver, & more in many species—from wood ducks, to sea turtles, to mammals like bottlenose #dolphins. 📲 https://ow.ly/jfn150ZhhRa
Today, the United States is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. 🎆🦅 Are you ready to get more involved in your community but not sure what to do? Read the NWF blog for our suggestions for acting locally: https://ow.ly/tZcP50ZhbpH
Our national parks & federal lands are national treasures. 🏞️ But federal public land agencies saw some of the largest workforce and funding cuts in 2025, threatening our country’s natural areas as well as our national, state & local economies. More at https://ow.ly/MvWy50ZhBgV
Because of their high electricity demand, data centers are straining the energy grid and driving up household costs across the country. 🏡💡 Clean energy is central to the solution. Read more:📲 https://ow.ly/qkXn50Zgt0v
Exposure to toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" from drinking water and the environment is linked to many health issues for both people and wildlife. Urge the EPA NOT to take away regulations that protect the health of people and the environment from PFAS. 📲 https://ow.ly/kxbF50ZhyxY
A massive #datacenter complex in Memphis illegally installed almost 30 polluting gas turbines---without completing environmental reviews or community input. This could become the norm if the @EPA moves forward with its proposal. Take action today: 📲 https://ow.ly/tBEv50ZgqvG
This #PollinatorMonth, join us in applauding our recent Monarch Champions! 🦋🤝 The #MayorsMonarchPledge program designated 8 new U.S. cities as Monarch Champions to recognize the tremendous effort to enhance quality habitats for monarch butterflies. See the list on Facebook.
Proposed funding cuts and office closures threaten US Forest Service research and the wildland firefighters who rely on it. 🌲👨🚒 Forest Service workers and National Federation of Federal Employees members joined six House Representatives Wednesday to uplift this critical work.
It's #NationalPollinatorWeek! Take action for native bees 🌼🐝 Urge your Senators to ensure the upcoming Farm Bill supports healthy habitats for native bees and all wildlife on farm and ranch lands—including songbirds, prairie chickens, and pronghorn 📲 https://ow.ly/RrZr50Zg02E
The proposed #Line5 oil pipeline tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac puts clean water for people & wildlife in jeopardy. Live in #Michigan? Urge Michigan's EGLE to deny Enbridge the permits they need to complete the project. 📲 https://ow.ly/NT9c50ZfTTm
Native bees are the primary insect pollinators for food crops across most of our country. 🐝 We can’t afford to lose them! The Senate will work on a new Farm Bill this summer. Make sure the bill includes measures to improve & support conservation programs: https://ow.ly/PAwB50ZcnI2
19,136 of our supporters spoke up for polar bears in the Arctic 🐻❄️ We now must urge these same companies to make a commitment to avoid drilling in important wildlife habitat or where Tribal cultures will be harmed: https://ow.ly/aLX550ZbPVr
The most recent attempt to strip protections for Grand Staircase-Escalante has failed 🏜️ Thank you to everyone who took action to save Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument! #GrandStaircase #Utah #GoodNews #wildlife #publiclands
It's #PollinatorMonth—take action for native bees! 🌼🐝 Will you urge your Senators to ensure the upcoming #FarmBill supports healthy habitats for #nativebees and all #wildlife? https://ow.ly/cP0250ZaFaX
🚨BREAKING: Trump just opened three marine monuments to destructive industrial fishing. These areas are vital for protecting whales, sea turtles, sharks, and sensitive ocean ecosystems. This is an egregious attack on our public waters. #ProtectOurOcean #MonumentsForAll 🌊
The EPA wants to allow polluting #datacenters and fossil-fueled power plants to begin construction before undergoing air pollution reviews, putting the health of wildlife and people in jeopardy. 🏭🐦 Say NO to the proposal today. 📲 https://ow.ly/JnxH50ZaGpj