Thursday, January 29, 2026

We’ve been fighting back since Day 1—and we need you with us

Your commitment today matters more than ever.
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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