Conservation Policy

Natural areas across the country are being lost at an alarming rate, wildlife populations are in danger, and nearshore ocean habitats are increasingly under threat. To halt and reverse nature loss and provide more opportunities to experience America’s great outdoors, we work with a diverse coalition to achieve on-the-ground conservation outcomes that benefit nature, the climate, and communities.

America’s public lands and waters should benefit everyone, but an increasingly rigged system puts the interests of corporate polluters ahead of the public’s. We advocate for systemic policy reform to ensure America’s public places aren’t rigged against communities and instead ensure that our lands, waters, and ocean can be used for the common good.

Communities of color and low-income communities disproportionately lack access to nature, while also bearing the impacts of its destruction. At the same time, parks are overcrowded and American communities are increasingly disconnected with nature’s benefits. We work to increase access to nature and connect all Americans to the benefits that nature provides.

Many communities are reliant on revenue from natural resource extraction, locked into vicious cycles that leave them weathering the impacts with few benefits. We advance policies that ensure communities experience the benefits of American natural resources—including better services, lower bills, stronger and more resilient economies, and healthier nature.