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The Great North Woods
Northeastern U.S.
The largest and wildest remaining forest in the eastern United States is threatened by logging and development.
Peace-Athabasca Delta
Alberta, Canada
Tar sands mining upstream from this critical nesting site could jeopardize millions of birds.
Utah's Redrock Wilderness
U.S.
The Obama administration cancelled oil and gas leases on 100,000 acres of Utah wilderness, but many of our nation’s treasured wildlands – including the Redrock Wilderness – still lack permanent protection.
Whales
Ear-splitting military sonar is needlessly threatening whales and other marine mammals throughout the world's oceans.
Cumberland Plateau
Southeastern U.S.
Coal mining and paper industry operations threaten to destroy native forests in the southeastern United States.
Grizzly Bears
Grizzly bears are at risk from habitat loss and hunting.
Carrizo Plain National Monument
California, U.S.
The home of the endangered San Joaquin kit fox could be forever marred by oil and gas drilling.
Amazon Rainforest Frontier
Peru
Despite recent progress, illegal logging still threatens rich habitat and native cultures in the western Amazon.
Laguna San Ignacio/Baja California
Mexico
The rich waters surrounding Mexico’s Baja Peninsula draw abundant wildlife -- as well as industrialization and mega-tourism schemes.
America's Arctic
Northern Alaska, U.S.
Big Oil is escalating its campaign to open America's prime Arctic wildlands to massive oil development.
Polar Bears
Global warming puts the polar bear at risk of extinction.
Buffalo
Yellowstone's wild bison face cruel and senseless slaughter each year.
Migratory Birds
Mining and drilling for Canadian tar sands threaten a critical North American bird habitat.
Tongass National Forest
Southeastern Alaska, U.S.
The Obama administration has taken a promising step but now must reverse an illegal exemption to the roadless rule.
Patagonia
Chile
A massive hydro-electric scheme threatens rugged, unspoiled Patagonia.
Yellowstone/Greater Rockies
Western U.S. and Canada
The Obama administration must halt the industrialization of Rocky Mountain wildlands.
Heart of the Boreal Forest
Manitoba and Ontario, Canada
A proposal to create a U.N. World Heritage site could save the wild heart of Canada’s boreal forest.
Wolves
Without federal protections, wolves in the northern Rockies could return to the brink of extinction.
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