Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Show some ♥️ to a scientist protecting public lands

A quick note of appreciation goes a long way!
Show our scientists some love this Valentine's Day!.

Dear Momoko,

As Valentine's Day approaches, we're asking you to help recognize an important group of people who don't often get the spotlight—but whose work makes everything we do to protect public lands possible: The Wilderness Society's scientists.

Our science team's expertise shapes our policy positions and powers our campaigns to conserve wild places. They have a hand in everything from using maps and GIS tools to pinpoint top conservation priorities to tracking how climate change and oil and gas development are affecting public lands, wildlife and communities across the country.

Their innovative research is the key to understanding complicated environmental issues and ultimately making better conservation decisions for public lands—and that's why we're hoping you will take a few minutes out of your day to show them some love.

Send a note to our scientists today to thank them for their dedication and impact—from collecting data in the field to conducting research, advising on land management and policy and collaborating with communities to address real conservation challenges.

 
SHARE YOUR GRATITUDE
 

As we continue through a busy and challenging period for public lands, this work—and the people behind it—matters more than ever.

It only takes a moment, but your message will remind our scientists that there's a community of people who see their hard work and dedication. Show your appreciation before Valentine's Day by signing a note to our science team today!

 
SHARE YOUR GRATITUDE
 

Thank you for being part of this community.

With love,

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Margot Krieger
Director of Membership
The Wilderness Society

Friday, February 6, 2026

[Impact Report] A threat wildlife can’t outrun

Seismic exploration is a little-known process with BIG consequences.
THEIR HOME IS ON THE LINE.

Dear Momoko,

The Western Arctic is America's largest tract of public land—a vast, fragile ecosystem where caribou frolic, migratory birds thrive and countless species depend on intact landscapes to survive.

And right now, this region is under immediate threat.

The administration rushed through approvals late last year for exploratory seismic and drilling operations. ConocoPhillips has now launched an extensive drilling and seismic exploration program across over 300 square miles of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, which includes four new exploratory oil wells to the west and east of its controversial Willow Project, an $8 billion oil-drilling project that is projected to release more than 280 million metric tons of greenhouse gases over the next 30 years.

Momoko, if these plans move forward, the consequences for wildlife and Alaska Native communities will be nothing short of devastating. Check out our blog to learn what seismic exploration really is—and why this matters for the Western Arctic.

Before a single oil rig turns a wheel of machinery, fossil fuel companies conduct seismic exploration—and this is where the damage begins.

Seismic exploration uses massive trucks and shockwaves to map oil beneath the surface. Massive, 95,000-pound thumper trucks traverse the fragile tundra, leave scars that persist for decades, destabilize ancient permafrost and could disturb wildlife like caribou—risking the displacement of animals from critical feeding and calving grounds, increasing their stress and interfering with migration routes that have been passed down for generations.

 
LEARN WHAT'S AT STAKE
 

Momoko, supporters like you make it possible for The Wilderness Society to stop reckless development and protect irreplaceable public lands—and right now, we need your help.

Your support powers our science-based defense of the Arctic—enabling our researchers to bring rigorous science to decision-makers, ensuring the public understands the impacts of exploratory seismic and drilling operations and stopping destructive development before it permanently scars the landscape.

What happens in the Western Arctic will echo for generations. The future of this and so many other wild places depends on what we do now. If you're able, please consider making a gift today to strengthen this fight in 2026 and beyond.

With gratitude,

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Margot Krieger
Director of Membership
The Wilderness Society

Monday, February 2, 2026

This cup grows with them 🌱

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Saturday, January 31, 2026

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FINAL DAY: Unlock an additional $100 for public lands!

The clock is ticking and we need your support.
Countdown clock.

Hey Momoko,

Today is the FINAL DAY of our push to bring on 100 monthly donors—and we urgently need your support to power the legal, scientific and advocacy work needed to protect irreplaceable public lands in Alaska and across the nation. These landscapes are being targeted for drilling, mining, logging and other destructive development by the administration and its allies in Congress.

All through 2025, they worked aggressively to weaken protections and fast-track development. We fought them tooth and nail every step of the way—and even succeeded in stopping an attempt to make more than 250 million acres of public lands eligible for sale. But the administration is doubling down on its energy dominance agenda in 2026, and we must fight back with the strongest response possible.

A monthly gift helps provide the steady support needed to meet every new challenge and attack that comes our way—in court, in the halls of Congress, and in communities like yours and mine. Can I count on you to power our work in 2026 and beyond? Give before midnight TONIGHT and a generous donor will add $100 to your first monthly gift!

 
Your $15 monthly gift + $100
 
 
Your $25 monthly gift + $100
 

⬆️ Most of our supporters are giving this amount! ⬆️

 
Your $50 monthly gift + $100
 
 
Add $100 to a monthly gift of any amount!!
 

Thank you for standing with us, Momoko.

—Margot

We're fighting back for public lands—and we need you with us.

Momoko, we're one year into the second Trump administration and an anti-conservation majority in Congress, and the attacks on our nation's wild places have escalated dramatically. Protections for our shared lands and waters are being stripped away, federal agencies are being gutted and destructive development is being fast-tracked in vulnerable places across the country—with the headwaters of the Boundary Waters now one of the latest to come under direct attack.

This is a coordinated effort to open our nation's wild places to polluters—and it's gaining speed.

That's why we're starting the year with an urgent goal: bringing 100 new monthly donors into this movement to ensure we can meet each new threat as it comes. When you become a monthly donor before January 31, a generous donor will add an extra $100 to your first gift, immediately boosting your impact.

Start your monthly gift today to stand up for our nation's wild places at a moment when your support is urgently needed>> 

Our nation's wildlife and wild places are at risk. Will you help?

Just days ago, the House passed a resolution that would strip vital protections from the headwaters of the Boundary Waters, one of our nation's largest and most visited wilderness areas. If this legislation clears the Senate, it will open the door for destructive mining to irreparably pollute and devastate this special place. What happens next could set a dangerous precedent for public lands nationwide—and it's far from the only threat we're facing right now.

This past year has required enormous resources to fight back against an onslaught of attacks—but we remain fully committed to defending our nation's spectacular wild places and the future of conservation for the long haul.

Your generosity powers our work across critical fronts:

  • We're fighting to stop destructive development that threatens vulnerable lands and wildlife.
    From the Boundary Waters—where the recent House vote would roll back long-standing protections and open the door to toxic mining nearby—to the Western Arctic, where the administration has rushed through approvals for exploratory seismic and drilling operations, putting caribou herds, sensitive Arctic tundra, and the people who cherish and rely on these lands at risk.

    Your monthly gift helps us fight back in court, in Congress and on the ground.

  • We're standing up for everyone's right to explore and enjoy public lands.
    Public lands belong to all of us and provide the freedom to hike, fish, camp and explore. But efforts to sell off, close or privatize these lands through corporate giveaways threaten that freedom. Rushed development across the West and the Arctic is already putting community access at risk.

    Your monthly support strengthens our work to ensure everyone has the freedom to access our shared public lands.

  • We're stopping polluters from running rampant on our public lands.
    The administration and its allies in Congress are working to dismantle the protections that safeguard public lands—eliminating environmental reviews and fast-tracking drilling, mining and logging. We're fighting to stop these rollbacks and defend the bedrock protections that keep these places intact and in public hands.

    Your monthly gift can help us stop destructive projects before they take hold.

These are enormous fights, Momoko, and they demand an all-hands-on-deck response. That's why monthly donors are the backbone of our ability to respond swiftly, strategically and successfully whenever and wherever there is a threat to our shared public lands.

Will you take action and make a monthly gift to help us reach our goal of 100 new monthly donors? If you start your gift before January 31, a generous supporter will match it with an extra $100 to make your impact go even further—for the Arctic and for all threatened public lands across the country.

Thank you for standing with us in this pivotal moment.

With gratitude,

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Margot Krieger
Director of Membership
The Wilderness Society

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