America’s public lands are under siege, yet this remarkable inheritance holds the power of a nationally and globally significant promise: that we, as a people, are capable of foresight and restraint, committed to addressing climate change, and humble enough to find value in the more-than-human world.
We hope these open, honest, and unscripted vignettes will inspire new levels of public support for these places of majesty, mystery, and democratic optimism. Meet some of the public lands gatherings participants ›
Largely located in the American West, 640 million acres of public lands including national parks, national mouments, and national forests, belong to all Americans. “Common ground” is not merely an aspirational ideal, but a literal truth at the heart of our democracy.
Beauty is a soft word, and up against a history of hard words — injustice, genocide, ecocide — how can we allow a soft word in?
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President Obama designates historic Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah. Native American tribes will help manage the new monument.
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