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Clean water, sustainable agriculture, climate solutions, and more topics related to protecting America's outdoors.

  • Wetland in Washington State - credit David Mark, Pixabay

    This Simple Thing Is a Powerhouse in Combatting Climate Change

    05/10/2021
    Wetlands provide a long list of well-known benefits: They hold and store floodwaters, recharge groundwater, protect coastal areas, filter chemicals from our waters, provide food and habitat for fish and wildlife, and can provide forage for livestock in dry times. Wetlands also have a less well-known benefit: They combat climate change by storing vast amounts of carbon in their soggy soils. Full story
  • Wetland in Wisconsin

    How the Meaning of a Word Can Make You Sick

    05/03/2021
    EPA has changed the definition of the word "wetland" – and that's bad for your health. Full story
  • CRP in Wisconsin - credit Bob Nichols, NRCS

    Congress Considers Climate Change and Agriculture

    03/23/2021
    The House and Senate Agriculture Committees heard from 10 panelists about the role agriculture can play in combatting climate change. Committee members agreed on the solutions we need – and they agreed we must take action now. Full story
  • Glass of water - credit Pexels

    The Cancer Risk of Nitrate Pollution

    03/08/2021
    The League promotes healthy soil practices, agricultural buffers and water-filtering wetlands to improve water safety. Learn more in an excerpt from "Outdoor America" magazine. Full story
  • Keith Badger

    Soil Health Yields Rewards for Farmers and Community

    02/09/2021
    American farms are losing topsoil at an unsustainable rate. But farmers like Keith Badger are reversing the problem with practices that are profitable as well as regenerative. Full story
  • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - credit Mason Cummings

    Protecting Our Wildest Refuge

    02/05/2021
    The Arctic Refuge is already being devastated by climate change, and proposed oil drilling would only exacerbate the problem. Learn more in an excerpt from "Outdoor America" magazine. Full story
  • Solar panels at sunset

    The One Thing Most Americans Agree On

    12/28/2020
    Even in these divisive times, the consensus around climate change is stronger than ever. Large majorities of Americans agree that it’s real, we’re causing it and we should do something about it. Confronting and overcoming the climate crisis won’t be easy. But the League, with its hundred-year history of jumping into and sticking with long and difficult fights, is perfectly positioned to rise to that challenge. Full story
  • Think Water in America Is Clean? That's a Mistake

    12/23/2020
    Fifty years ago, when water pollution was easy to see and impossible to ignore, people all over America came together to protect our streams, lakes and wetlands. Now, as water pollution has become less visible but no less dangerous, bipartisan action to protect our vital natural resources is disappearing entirely. The League is working to bring back common-sense conservation and eliminate water pollution forever. Full story
  • Buffer strip - Lynn Betts, NRCS

    League Gets Partial Win on CRP

    12/15/2020
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture has partially restored incentive payments for landowners who enroll in Continuous Conservation Reserve Program contracts, after having slashed those incentives earlier this year. Full story
  • U.S. Capitol in spring - credit Architect of the Capitol

    This is the Only Kind of Dirty Politics the League Will Ever Engage In

    12/04/2020
    For nearly 100 years, the League has worked with people and politicians of all ideologies to make meaningful progress on conservation priorities. We intend to continue doing that in 2021. But when it comes to soil health programs, we’re playing dirty… in the most productive way. Full story
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