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In April, President Obama outlined his ideas for America's Great Outdoors (AGO) initiative and asked Interior Secretary Salazar, USDA Secretary Vilsack and others for help in developing the plan. Administration officials have held numerous listening sessions around the nation to get input from citizens on what they want the President to do. This is great opportunity for you to help shape the outcome of this project.

Public lands provide some of the nation's best fish and wildlife habitat and hunting and fishing opportunities. These same lands are used for energy production and other multiple use purposes—balancing these land uses in a way that sustains healthy fish and wildlife is a challenge that has not always been met. As interest in wind and solar energy development on public lands grows, we are presented with an opportunity to learn from experience and manage development in a way that avoids, m

Fish biologists from the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission and New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation have recommended a new management plan that outlines changes to the Flexible Flow Management Plan (FFMP) water release schedule.

California electric utilities want the bill to weaken California's definition of "renewable energy" so they can import power from dozens of harmful new dams on British Columbia's vital salmon and steelhead rivers. Urge your State Assemblymember to promote real renewable energy – not harmful new dams in British Columbia.

Eastern Idaho's Teton River is one of the last remaining strongholds for Yellowstone cutthroat trout as well as an important winter refuge for elk, moose and other wildlife. However, this spectacular canyon is threatened by a controversial proposal to rebuild Teton Dam, which collapsed in 1976, killing 11 people and causing more than $1 billion in damage.

The Upper Colorado River Basin has long been a crown jewel among the West’s most treasured resources, providing fishing, hiking, hunting, rafting and many other recreation and economic opportunities on which many of Colorado’s communities depend.

Take action now to protect Teton Canyon and its wild resources from being dammed and inundated again. Tell Gov. Otter that you want Teton Canyon protected and that the state should consider commonsense, cost-effective alternatives.

Take action now to protect Teton Canyon from being inundated again. Tell Bureau of Reclamation director Mike Connor that you want Teton Canyon protected from another federal dam and that the study should instead consider commonsense, cost-effective alternatives.

Contact the Bureau of Land Management and tell them to protect the federal lands in Bristol Bay, Alaska from hard rock mining. Closed to mining for over 30 years, these public lands anchor Bristol Bay’s salmon-supporting habitat with miles of untamed rivers and wild country. A recommendation from the Bureau of Land Management to lift this mineral closure and open the door for a modern day gold rush was issued in the last days of the Bush Administration.