Today marks Conservation Lands Foundation’s 18th birthday! 🎂
For 18 years, we’ve worked with our incredible partners and supporters - the Friends Grassroots Network, donors, and public land enthusiasts like you - to protect and defend America’s public lands. None of our accomplishments would be possible without the love and passion of these amazing public land protectors.
Together, we’ve achieved remarkable milestones:
🏜️ Protected over 10 million acres of public land and water through their addition to the National Conservation Lands system (which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year!)
⛺ Defended and restored more than 15 million acres of public land from oil and gas development
✅ Awarded over $16 million in grants to strengthen our Friends Grassroots Network
We exist to protect public lands stewarded by the largest land manager in the country, the Bureau of Land Management, and the unparalleled opportunities for personal adventure and cultural connection they offer. Your support fuels this mission - thank you for supporting us for 18 years of conservation victories!
The best birthday gift you could give us? Join our community of public land defenders by making a donation today. Your support will fuel our work to build community power to protect and defend public lands. Visit the link in our bio.
#RespectConnectProtect #NCL25 #MonumentsForAll
Don’t miss this rock-solid interview! 🌿🏞️ Spokespebble sits down with @mypubliclands Ranger Ricky Sablan for a comprehensive chat on public lands safety. From wildfire prevention to wildlife interaction, outdoor preparedness to conservation efforts - they cover it all! Plus, learn how you can volunteer to protect these precious spaces. Watch the full video now - link in bio! #RespectConnectProtect
When the Big Pine Volcanic Field started erupting 1.2 million years ago, HUMANS DIDN’T EVEN EXIST YET. Words couldn’t express how insane that is to me. 🤯
The witnesses to those first eruptions were mammoths, giant ground sloths 🦥, saber-tooth cats 🐅, and camels 🐪 moving through a valley that looked nothing like the one you drive through on 395.
The youngest eruptions (~17,000 years ago) happened while Tioga stage glaciation was still active in the Sierra and paleo-Owens Lake was at its max capacity. The valley looked radically different: a massive lake, glaciers spilling off the Sierra, and active lava flows all coexisting.
I just… wow… 🌋
This week, over 150 scientists spoke out against attempts to dismantle balanced management for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah and called on Congress to reject current resolutions that would overturn its monument management plan. Grand Staircase's stratigraphy, fossil record, ecological diversity, and cultural resources make it indispensable to scientific discovery and a testament to our shared history as a nation.
📣 Join them and TAKE ACTION today by clicking the link in our bio or visiting monumentsforall.org/grandstaircase
#MonumentsForAll #SaveGrandStaircase
Monuments For All is a program of the Conservation Lands Foundation, which celebrates its 19th birthday today! 🎉
Monuments For All is a community of advocates, storytellers, and protectors coming together to safeguard sacred lands and national monuments. In partnership with a coalition of over 100 national, regional, and local organizations (including Conservation Lands Foundation), we're growing public demand and policymaker support for current and new national monuments.
📷 Photo of Upper Missouri Breaks National Monument by Bob Wick
#MonumentsForAll
POV: it’s the 19th birthday of an organization you’ve never heard of..
BUT WE ARE SO COOL! Join the movement with Conservation Lands Foundation today to help protect public lands and support the amazing organizations who steward them.
We had the best 19th-year birthday gift 🎂🎉🎁 we could ever ask for: an incredible 3-day Friends Summit in Denver with members of our Friends Grassroots Network to connect, share resources, and expand our collective impact.
Get involved by visiting the link in our bio or visit our website at conservationlands.org 🌎♥️
Thank you to our amazing sponsors @adyen and @rivianofficial for supporting us and helping make our Friends Summit of 2026 happen! 🥳 And huge shoutout to @ospreypacks@miir@advocateswest@shirazi_benefits@abgconsultants and Cassidy & Associates for being defenders, champions, advocates, and friends 💚
#ProtectPublicLands #ConservationLandsFoundation #Birthday #FriendsSummit2026
🚨 We expect Congress to take up a vote any day now on resolutions that would dismantle balanced stewardship of national monuments across.
As our Digital Advocacy Associate Director, Liz, explains, new joint resolutions introduced by Representative Celeste Maloy (R-UT-02) and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) will gut the monument management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah, which guides everything from the protection of sacred landscapes to the location of new campgrounds.
This unprecedented action would represent the first use of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn a national monument management plan and would set a very harmful precedent, undermining local input on public lands management and throwing it into chaos.
Click the link in our bio and respectfully request that Congress leave public land management to local communities by voting “no” on any attempt to overturn national monument resource management plans through the CRA or other methods.
This affects ALL public lands, not just the Grand Staircase. Speak up while you still can!
Footage provided by @hello_mallory@grandstaircasepartners and Conservation Lands Foundation
#SaveGrandStaircase #ProtectPublicLands #PublicLandsinPublicHands #monumentsforall
We're hiring a Senior Director of Major Gifts, a senior frontline fundraising role responsible for expanding our major gifts program and increasing overall fundraising capacity.
The Conservation Lands Foundation is the only national nonprofit dedicated to protecting public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Our team of 25 works hand-in-hand with 90 grassroots groups across the West to defend 38 million acres of National Monuments, Wilderness, Wild and Scenic Rivers, and more.
If you bring a passion for relationship-driven philanthropy and a belief that public lands are worth fighting for, we want to hear from you.
📍 Remote in the U.S., near a major airport
✈️ Travel ~1x/month
💰 $100K–$120K
🗓️ Apply by May 20
View the complete job description and how to apply via the link in our bio
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National monuments benefit nature AND communities!
Public land protector Ben Mortenson, Outreach Coordinator for Friends of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in New Mexico @riogrande_friends highlights how national monuments like the Rio Grande del Norte protect traditional uses, local economies, and watersheds. It’s folks like Ben who are working hard to ensure national monuments remain protected for future generations to enjoy, and we are so grateful for their advocacy!
Anyone can become a Public Land Protector by staying engaged on current public land issues, taking action (visit conservationlands.org for easy-to-use tools), or volunteering on a local stewardship project.
#PublicLandProtector #ProtectPublicLands #MonumentsForAll
Live from Denver! 🏔️
Sam, Sarah and Alex are attending the 2026 Friends Summit hosted by @conservationlands - their biennial gathering celebrating the incredible "Friends Network".
Yesterday, Sarah Berryman took the stage to highlight the massive impact of our Arts and Advocacy programs.
Huge thanks to Conservation Lands Foundation for both inspiring and supporting our projects. 💚
#conservationlandsfoundation #friendssummit #ProtectCADeserts #TransitionHabitat #Denver
Ahhh, last night the @conservationlands Friends Summit was the exact kind of hope-core that I needed! My friend @carolinegleich was the keynote speaker, and I got to meet so many incredible folks from different organizations doing important work to advocate for the land that their communities love. I learned SO MUCH.
One sentiment I kept hearing over and over was the need to keep our next generation hopeful and engaged in protecting our public lands. As a mother, I’m frequently reminded that my kids are much less likely to LISTEN to me, and much more likely to OBSERVE. If we want the next generation to be involved in protecting our public lands, we need to help them form their own relationship and love for these beautiful places.
If you feel a little hopeless seeing the daily policy attacks on our public lands, just remember the power you have in helping our next generation CARE. Take your kids outside, have them invite their friends, and donate to other organizations getting kids outside in different communities as often as you can.
Last night reminded me of the HUGE force of powerful, passionate, and engaged folks working together. Our power is in our numbers and our refusal to give up ♥️
