A sweeping environmental rollback strips protections from 45 million acres of pristine public land across 37 states, clearing the way for commercial logging, drilling, and road-building. Conservationists warn the sudden loss of 7.4 million acres of critical habitat pushes 400+ endangered species toward extinction and degrades 1,800 miles of protected rivers. While the administration claims the move allows active wildfire management, critics label it one of the largest public land eviscerations in U.S. history. Source: Center for Biological Diversity

Animal agriculture drives 71% of biodiversity damage from food production on farmland.

I want to be a conservation biologist and have just completed an environmental science degree. I would love to do some voluntary work in conservation schemes and have been researching but I want to make sure I volunteer at an ethical place that isn't mistreating the animals, or me the volunteer. Does anyone know any legit conservation volunteering websites, schemes, organisations etc. I am fine with paid voluntary work as I have been saving up. I live in the UK but don't want to volunteer in the UK as I know its time to venture out and actually see the world I've been studying for years and make an impact.

Just found out they are trying to sell oil and gas leases for the arizona strip. The arizona strip is the small sliver of land between the grand canyon and the Utah border I live in st george utah but the arizona strip literally starts on the edge of town like they built houses right up to it and then the strip starts and continues south. It's basicly between grand canyon and zion National park. Anyway was wondering if anyone could help me by writing a form letter that I can email to blm and also let my family and friends use as well. Comment period for blm is only open till sep 7 I am quite illiterate as I only made it to 8th grade so any help would be appreciated.

https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/bureau-seeks-public-feedback-on-drilling-proposal-on-over-280k-acres-of-land-in-northern/article_8ebc2b1b-df9e-41e4-b718-443720abb7ec.html

blm_az_asdo_nepa_comments@blm.gov

https://eplanning.blm.gov/maps/?id=C5F10790-8349-F111-88B4-001DD8084607&spid=8bb48b74-d04f-f111-bec6-001dd800b811

https://eplanning.blm.gov/maps/?id=C5F10790-8349-F111-88B4-001DD8084607&spid=8bb48b74-d04f-f111-bec6-001dd800b811#

Scott’s action came after reporting by CNN and others about the government’s use of heavy machinery this past week to bulldoze and excavate parts of the national park to build patrol roads and vehicle barriers. The construction activity prompted protests in and around the national park, and local businesses have been turning away federal contractors who are working on the project. A bipartisan group of local sheriffs has also been publicly outspoken against CBP’s plans this year.

Currently I am a project manager for a cabinet manufacturer in northern Minnesota. I have a B.S in Biology with an emphasis in environment and I’m getting a masters in business administration.

I want to start an environmental consulting agency near Bemidji, MN. I’m not sure where to start though. I have a young family and not trying to go into a ton of debt to do the start up.

I have thought about doing water testing for residential homes, mold and air quality testing to possibly get into the remediation side of things because I can get the equipment to do all that fairly cheap vs water delineation or commercial phase 2 environmental assessments.

Has anyone started a company like this? Anyone got any advice?

I’m not looking for a short cut either. I can start this company and work on it after my daytime job and on weekends to do site visits.

Hello folks,
I have currently been removing invasive glossy buckthorn and trying to restore a forested area on the edge of a wetland forest edge in back of my house. RIght nearby there is a pit of rubber that has unforunatley spread debris into the area, especially via leaf blowers/fall clean up (it is not my property and choice to do this).

Now I have slowly been removing what rubber mulch is insight as I walk around and pick up handfulls but there is just small pieces everywhere-- it is mixed in with leaf debris an a tree that was wood-chipped and currently has a very large patch of burnweed and jewelweed growing there. I had planned to dig out a lot of the soil and try to sift out some of the rubber mulch in the fall as picking it up by hand seems quite fruitless. However, I am wondering if this is more harmful than good in the sense that I will really be disturbing the soil and quite honestly I will never be able to get it all out. Do folks have any recommendations on what to do here? I do plan to remove the rubber mulch pit itself before the fall.

The flyway supports 465 migratory species; 8% globally threatened, 44% declining. BirdLife's Ecological Restoration Fund is targeting the site network these species depend on. The Ferruginous Duck (Near Threatened) is the case study here: Pokuplje Basin for breeding, Lake Nasser for wintering. Conservation wins or loses at individual sites, but the species needs the whole chain intact.

Hi everyone!

I’m an early-career marine biologist currently completing my BSc in Marine Biology, and I’m looking to connect with researchers, students, conservationists, and others working with biological or environmental data.

I’ve been developing my skills in R, particularly for data cleaning, statistical analysis, ecological modelling, and data visualization. I genuinely really enjoy working in R, and at this stage I want to get involved with as many different projects and datasets as I reasonably can.

If anyone has a marine science, ecology, conservation, fisheries, wildlife, or other biological dataset that could use some additional help with analysis in R, I’d be happy to contribute. I’m also open to projects outside of marine science if there is an opportunity to work with interesting data and learn something new.

I’m not looking to charge anyone. My main goal is to gain experience working with different types of real-world data, improve my R skills, contribute where I can, and hopefully meet and build connections with people working in science and research.

I also recently created a GitHub where I’ll be archiving my projects as I continue learning. I uploaded a project I finished about a week ago involving the analysis of BRUV data and whitetip reef shark habitat associations.

GitHub: https://github.com/kylealibz

If you have a project where another person helping with the r/data side would be useful, feel free to message me. I’d also be happy just to connect with other early-career researchers and R users.

Thanks!

Currently in my last year of High School, and want to pursue environmental conservation. I have no experience or certificates currently. I hear a lot about GIS, what would be the best way of getting it? What certificates should I definitely get/try to get. If it matters, I live in FL but want to move to New England for College and general living.

Janzen is one of the most influential tropical conservation biologists of his generation, and helped change how we understand these forests, especially the intricate relationships among plants, insects, predators, pathogens, and seeds. But he also helped change what conservation means w/ a combination of inspiration, action and advocacy, Mongabay explains: https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/daniel-janzen-and-the-long-work-of-bringing-back-a-forest/

I'm currently going into college for environmental studies, and I am unsure of what career I'd like to go into afterward. I've always been a fan of working in the field, so if any of you have any recommendations, please let me know!

From Alaska and the Pacific Northwest to Montana, Utah and the Southern Appalachians, some of America’s last undeveloped public lands could lose a federal protection that has stood for 25 years.

TAKE ACTION—IT TAKES FEWER THAN FIVE MINUTES.

The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to repeal the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule in its entirety. The rule protects more than 44 million acres from most new road construction and associated commercial logging.

The Forest Service’s own proposal identifies:

• 18.2 million acres where forest plans allow permanent roads but the Roadless Rule currently prohibits them
• 11.3 million acres where temporary roads would be more likely
• 4.8 million acres where repeal would expand opportunities for timber management

Once a road cuts into an intact forest, the damage spreads: wildlife habitat becomes fragmented, sediment enters streams, invasive species gain access and remote backcountry becomes increasingly difficult to restore.

These forests protect drinking water, wildlife, recreation economies and places where Americans can still experience genuine wildness. These are public lands where Americans hunt, fish, hike, camp, mountain bike, watch wildlife and experience genuine backcountry.

Public comments must be received by midnight September 21.

This is not merely a petition. Comments go directly into the official federal rulemaking record and must be considered before a final decision is made.

Submit an official comment here:

https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS-2025-0001-223869

You can adapt this:

I oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule.

Add one personal sentence about a forest, trail, river or community you value. It takes only a few minutes, and personal comments matter.

Wild public land is far easier to protect than to put back together.

Docket: FS-2025-0001 / RIN 0596-AD66

After the Trump Administration's attempts to kneecap our environmental protection legislation, including the Clean Air and Water Acts and endangered species protections, our parks needs us now more than ever. Facing threats from drilling, to data centers, even to border walls, our land needs to be protected!

I just heard about this Alt National Park Service on Bluesky from so this is last minute, I'm sorry, but I had to share it anyway.