Last call! ☎️ Keep public lands in public hands

5X Match Deadline: Midnight tonight.

Momoko, we have just hours left before Giving Tuesday ends, which means time is running out to make a tax-deductible year-end gift that will go five times as far to defend public lands that are under unprecedented attack. Will you pitch in before midnight to help us protect our nation's most treasured wild places?   Your 2025 Giving Tuesday Donor Status Name: Momoko Saunders 2025 Donation: PENDING Goal: $200,000 to protect public lands 5x Match: ACTIVE Deadline MIDNIGHT TONIGHT Make your 5X-MATCHED Giving Tuesday gift to protect public lands before the clock strikes midnight >>   Thank you for your support, Momoko. We're counting on you. —The Wilderness Society

Momoko, many of the lands that define our nation's wild legacy are under attack, from Alaska's towering forests to Arizona's magnificent deserts. Right now, the administration and its allies in Congress are working to strip critical protections from our shared public lands and privatize, transfer or otherwise sell off millions of acres—sacrificing the clean air, water and thriving ecosystems that future generations deserve so that billionaires and multinational corporations can profit in the short-term instead. This Giving Tuesday, we need all hands on deck to protect these cherished cultural landmarks and vital wildlife habitats. Thanks to a generous donor, your gift to defend public lands will have FIVE TIMES the impact to protect crucial landscapes like: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Oil and gas development is being forced through without the consent of the people it will affect the most—the local Indigenous communities that depend on a clean, healthy Arctic Refuge to sustain their cultures and ways of life—threatening the heart of one of the last large intact ecosystems on Earth. The Tongass National Forest: Plans are underway to rescind the Roadless Rule, stripping protections from nearly 45 million acres of national forests, including 9 million acres of old-growth forests in the Tongass. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: The administration plans to revoke a mining ban, endangering the headwaters of one of America's most-visited wilderness areas. National Monuments: Bills were recently introduced in Congress to abolish Arizona's Ironwood Forest and Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon national monuments—ancestral homelands of the Tohono O'odam, Havasupai and other Tribes. Meanwhile, the administration has signaled its intent to go after existing monuments. These are direct attacks on our nation's heritage. They threaten the communities and wildlife that depend on these landscapes—and our very freedom to explore and connect with them. But there's still hope: until midnight every dollar you give goes FIVE TIMES AS FAR to defend these irreplaceable lands—in the courts, in Congress and in communities nationwide >> Colin Arisman

1801 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Ste. 200 Washington, DC 20006

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ICYMI: They’re coming for the Arctic. Let’s stop them!

Make your 5X-matched gift before it's too late.

TODAY IS GIVING TUESDAY! Momoko—No place has been under attack more this year than Alaska's Arctic—home to some of the wildest, most ecologically rich and culturally significant landscapes on Earth. In a sweeping new plan, the administration is opening every acre of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's 1.56-million-acre coastal plain to oil and gas drilling—handing these irreplaceable lands over to oil, gas and mining interests so they can recklessly exploit them for profit…and sacrificing vulnerable wildlife, sacred ancestral lands and the stability of our climate in the process. Millions of acres of fragile public lands in Alaska are at risk, but together, we are stronger than the politicians and corporations who seek to destroy them. Through MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, every dollar you give will be matched 5X—up to $1 million, thanks to a generous donor—to fight back for the Arctic and all public lands at risk.   Every $1 = $5 for the Arctic   Here's what your 5X-matched gift will help fight against: Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge We're on the verge of irreparable damage being done, as the administration's new plan would open the entirety of the refuge's fragile coastal plain to oil and gas development. Their plan goes further than any before it—opening more land to leasing and drilling with minimal protections for the area's sensitive resources, and reinstating previously cancelled oil and gas leases, all in preparation for a new lease sale next year. The elimination of protections in the Western Arctic The administration has rescinded vital protections for about 23 million acres and imminently plans to revert to an oil dominant management plan that will allow oil companies to develop and irreparably harm these lands without safeguards for wildlife, fish or local subsistence needs. They're planning to hold a lease sale for up to 16 million acres in the Western Arctic, including in the most ecologically rich special areas, and are poised to approve a plan from ConocoPhillips to conduct massive seismic operations and exploration drilling with gigantic 95,000 lb. trucks rolling across hundreds of square miles, giving the public just one week to raise concerns. Ambler Road in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve The administration recently issued permits needed for the proposed Ambler Road, a 211-mile industrial road that would slash through one of Alaska's most intact wild places to allow private industry to access the Ambler Mining District. This project threatens salmon streams, caribou migration routes and the freedom of Indigenous communities to sustain their subsistence way of life. Once a road like this is built, the damage can't be undone. Momoko, we cannot allow these fragile ecosystems to be sacrificed to corporate polluters. We're fighting back—in the courts, in the halls of Congress, and by building overwhelming grassroots support against destroying these sacred landscapes—but we urgently need your help. This Giving Tuesday, join us to fight for the future of the Arctic and all of our nation's irreplaceable public lands while your contribution will be matched 5X. America's Arctic is counting on us. With gratitude, Margot Krieger Director of Membership The Wilderness Society Moe Witschard and Georgia and Edward Bennett

1801 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Ste. 200 Washington, DC 20006

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Rolling back protections in the Tongass? 🙅 NO WAY [5X Match]

Act fast—this 5X match ends at midnight tonight!

Momoko, many of the lands that define our nation's wild legacy are under attack, from Alaska's towering forests to Arizona's magnificent deserts. Right now, the administration and its allies in Congress are working to strip critical protections from our shared public lands and privatize, transfer or otherwise sell off millions of acres—sacrificing the clean air, water and thriving ecosystems that future generations deserve so that billionaires and multinational corporations can profit in the short-term instead. This Giving Tuesday, we need all hands on deck to protect these cherished cultural landmarks and vital wildlife habitats. Thanks to a generous donor, your gift to defend public lands will have FIVE TIMES the impact to protect crucial landscapes like: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Oil and gas development is being forced through without the consent of the people it will affect the most—the local Indigenous communities that depend on a clean, healthy Arctic Refuge to sustain their cultures and ways of life—threatening the heart of one of the last large intact ecosystems on Earth. The Tongass National Forest: Plans are underway to rescind the Roadless Rule, stripping protections from nearly 45 million acres of national forests, including 9 million acres of old-growth forests in the Tongass. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: The administration plans to revoke a mining ban, endangering the headwaters of one of America's most-visited wilderness areas. National Monuments: Bills were recently introduced in Congress to abolish Arizona's Ironwood Forest and Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon national monuments—ancestral homelands of the Tohono O'odam, Havasupai and other Tribes. Meanwhile, the administration has signaled its intent to go after existing monuments. These are direct attacks on our nation's heritage. They threaten the communities and wildlife that depend on these landscapes—and our very freedom to explore and connect with them. But there's still hope: until midnight every dollar you give goes FIVE TIMES AS FAR to defend these irreplaceable lands—in the courts, in Congress and in communities nationwide >> Colin Arisman

1801 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Ste. 200 Washington, DC 20006

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Keep public lands in public hands this Giving Tuesday ✊

Every $1 = $5 to protect fragile Arctic lands this Giving Tuesday.

TODAY IS GIVING TUESDAY! Momoko—No place has been under attack more this year than Alaska's Arctic—home to some of the wildest, most ecologically rich and culturally significant landscapes on Earth. In a sweeping new plan, the administration is opening every acre of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's 1.56-million-acre coastal plain to oil and gas drilling—handing these irreplaceable lands over to oil, gas and mining interests so they can recklessly exploit them for profit…and sacrificing vulnerable wildlife, sacred ancestral lands and the stability of our climate in the process. Millions of acres of fragile public lands in Alaska are at risk, but together, we are stronger than the politicians and corporations who seek to destroy them. Through MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, every dollar you give will be matched 5X—up to $1 million, thanks to a generous donor—to fight back for the Arctic and all public lands at risk.   Every $1 = $5 for the Arctic   Here's what your 5X-matched gift will help fight against: Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge We're on the verge of irreparable damage being done, as the administration's new plan would open the entirety of the refuge's fragile coastal plain to oil and gas development. Their plan goes further than any before it—opening more land to leasing and drilling with minimal protections for the area's sensitive resources, and reinstating previously cancelled oil and gas leases, all in preparation for a new lease sale next year. The elimination of protections in the Western Arctic The administration has rescinded vital protections for about 23 million acres and imminently plans to revert to an oil dominant management plan that will allow oil companies to develop and irreparably harm these lands without safeguards for wildlife, fish or local subsistence needs. They're planning to hold a lease sale for up to 16 million acres in the Western Arctic, including in the most ecologically rich special areas, and are poised to approve a plan from ConocoPhillips to conduct massive seismic operations and exploration drilling with gigantic 95,000 lb. trucks rolling across hundreds of square miles, giving the public just one week to raise concerns. Ambler Road in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve The administration recently issued permits needed for the proposed Ambler Road, a 211-mile industrial road that would slash through one of Alaska's most intact wild places to allow private industry to access the Ambler Mining District. This project threatens salmon streams, caribou migration routes and the freedom of Indigenous communities to sustain their subsistence way of life. Once a road like this is built, the damage can't be undone. Momoko, we cannot allow these fragile ecosystems to be sacrificed to corporate polluters. We're fighting back—in the courts, in the halls of Congress, and by building overwhelming grassroots support against destroying these sacred landscapes—but we urgently need your help. This Giving Tuesday, join us to fight for the future of the Arctic and all of our nation's irreplaceable public lands while your contribution will be matched 5X. America's Arctic is counting on us. With gratitude, Margot Krieger Director of Membership The Wilderness Society Moe Witschard and Georgia and Edward Bennett

1801 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Ste. 200 Washington, DC 20006

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👀 Did you miss your special Giving Tuesday match, Momoko?

Don't miss your chance to do FIVE TIMES as much for public lands!

5X Match for Giving Tuesday: Donate now to help us reach our $200,000 goal to defend America's threatened public lands and waters! Momoko, America's public lands are under attack. From the far reaches of the Arctic to the deserts of the Southwest, millions of acres are being handed to drilling, mining and logging interests—threatening the wild places we all cherish. Together, we can fight back—but only if every person who is passionate about protecting our natural world acts now. We need to raise $200,000 to power our fight to defend our shared public lands in court, in the halls of Congress and in communities across the country. And this Giving Tuesday, your impact will be multiplied 5X, up to $1 million, thanks to matching funds from a generous donor. Because you've shown how deeply you care for our nation's public lands, we're giving you early access to our 5X Giving Tuesday match: every dollar you give will go FIVE TIMES as far to protect the landscapes we all love. Your 5X-matched gift today will help fight: Sweeping new plans to open every acre of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's fragile coastal plain to oil and gas drilling—an extreme attack on one of the largest intact ecosystems on Earth that disregards climate science and Indigenous rights; Disastrous efforts to open national forests to logging, as the administration moves to rescind a key conservation policy that has protected more than 40 million acres of national forests for decades; Reckless cuts to essential agencies that manage public lands, slashing staff and budgets as part of a deliberate effort to dismantle public lands and dissolve their professional oversight so drilling, mining and logging interests can take hold; Rescinding vital protections like the BLM Public Lands Rule, so that our nation's largest land agency can revert back to unabashedly favoring fossil fuel development at the expense of clean air, water, wildlife and our freedom to enjoy the outdoors; Attacks on national monuments: The administration has signaled that it may go after existing monuments like Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, and legislation was recently proposed that would eliminate two national monuments in Arizona. Public lands are so much more than coordinates on a map. They are the places offering us the freedom to hike, fish, camp and stargaze—where we find beauty and connection to something greater than ourselves. We have a responsibility to protect them for the generations to come—not hand them over to corporate polluters. Momoko, will you pitch in today and make an early Giving Tuesday gift to help us reach our $200,000 goal and protect our nation's treasured landscapes before it's too late? Your $35 gift becomes $175 Your $53 gift becomes $263 ⬆️This amount would really help!⬆️ Your $70 gift becomes $350   Your Gift of Any Amount x 5   With gratitude, Margot Krieger Director of Membership The Wilderness Society Peter Mather

1801 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Ste. 200 Washington, DC 20006

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