Environmental Action

Take action: Protect our national forests from glyphosate spraying To the U.S. Forest Service, National forests are some of the most vibrant and important ecosystems we have. But today, these places are being exposed to widespread herbicide spraying, including glyphosate. Once sprayed, these chemicals don’t stay in one place. They can move through soil, water, and food webs, affecting the plants and animals. Glyphosate is likely to adversely affect 93% of endangered species.

Take Action Close Tell Home Depot: Don’t source wood from the undisturbed boreal forest Tell Home Depot: Don’t source wood from the undisturbed boreal forest More than 35 million acres of trees in the boreal forest have been cut by logging companies since 1976 — roughly the size of New York State. Every day, logging pushes further and further into the forest, leaving behind barren landscapes that once were critical habitat for endangered wildlife. The logging industry is driven by demand.

Urgent action needed: Defend Chaco Canyon Bureau of Land Management, Chaco Canyon and its surrounding area are one of the most pristine wildernesses left in the US. This landscape is bursting with natural and historical treasures. The wildflower meadows, riverside woodlands, and sprawling deserts around Chaco Canyon shelter wildlife of all kinds — from elk, to bobcat, to birds and more.

Tell General Mills: Reduce plastic packaging General Mills CEO Jeffrey Harmening, Currently, 96 million pounds of packaging at General Mills is made of plastic. While you claim most of the packaging is designed to be reusable or recyclable, the reality is that less than 10% of plastics in the U.S. actually ends up being recycled — leaving the rest to end up in landfills, our oceans and our environment.

Tell the MN Department of Agriculture: Restrict neonic-coated seeds to protect bees Neonic-coated seeds pose an unacceptable risk to Minnesota’s native bees, other pollinators, and human health. Neonics enter the air when planting machines scrape the coatings off of seeds, creating a toxic, drifting cloud of pesticide dust. They pollute the water when the coating is washed off the seeds after planting, filtering into soil and streams where they can spread.

Tell your U.S. House representative: Ban cyanide bombs on public lands Baited to attract predators, cyanide bombs can kill wolves and other wildlife indiscriminately and have also harmed people and pets. Tell your U.S. House representative: Pass Canyon’s Law and ban cyanide bombs from America’s public lands.

Take Action Close Tell your U.S. House representative: Protect critical manatee habitat Tell your U.S. House representative: Protect critical manatee habitat Florida’s manatees are in trouble. Last year, more than 600 manatees lost their lives. And just a few years back — in 2021 and 2022 — 1 in 5 manatees died. So, what’s pushing Florida’s iconic slow-moving swimmer toward the brink? Let’s take a look: Boat strikes are one of the leading cases of manatee deaths in Florida. Manatees are slow movers.

Howling gray wolf flanked by rising mountains Downloads In 2025, we saw new challenges facing our natural world. Environmental and wildlife protections increasingly came under threat throughout the year. Setbacks swept the headlines, but time and again, you stepped up, ready to volunteer your time and resources to protect our environment.

Close Environmental Action 2025 Annual Report In 2025, we saw new challenges facing our natural world - but Environmental Action supporters stepped up, ready to volunteer to protect our environment. June 30, 2026 2026 International Plastic Pellet Count Report Beyond plastic Volunteers collected over a million plastic pellets across 249 sites during a month long event in May. June 22, 2026

Take Action Close Wolves need you: Help stop cruel, inhumane killings Wolves need you: Help stop cruel, inhumane killings Cyanide bombs kill more than every year. Every single victim had their own life, their own story. This is one of their stories: A yearling wolf from Oregon’s Shamrock pack. This is how just one cyanide bomb can tear an entire wolf pack apart: The pack In 2014, a young wolf left the Umatilla River pack and set off on her own in northeastern Oregon to start a family.