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NWSA is collecting your stories about how recent actions related to federal funding and the federal workforce affect your work, your communities, and your impact on public lands. We will share this information with lawmakers and agency leadership in Washington, D.C. as part of our ongoing effort to ensure America's public lands are well cared for and stewarded today and for future generations. 

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Useful Reports

		Webmap: Forest Service "emergency areas" overlain with protected areas The Secretary of Agriculture released Memo 1078-006 on April 3, 2025 outlining the USDA's directive to comply with Executive Order (EO) 14225, Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production, that highlights the importance of timber production, forest management, and wildfire risk reduction projects. The Forest Service has designated 112,646,000 acres, or 59% of NFS lands, as an "emergency area" under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, prioritizing them for harvest, treatment, and restoration. The "emergency area" overlaps with 11.4 million acres of designated wilderness, 27 million acres of inventoried roadless areas, 529,000 acres of wilderness study areas, and many more thousands of acres of research natural areas, wild and scenic rivers, and critical habitat. This map, created by Curt Bradley of the Center for Biological Diversity, shows the "emergency area" overlain with USFS protected lands to provide insight into where activities, some which may degrade wilderness character, could be occurring.
		State of the Rockies: 2025 Conservation in the West Poll Results Colorado College’s 15th annual State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll shows Western voters continue to support strong conservation and protection policies as a new presidential administration takes power, promising rollbacks, budget cuts, and expanded energy development. The poll surveyed the views of voters in eight Mountain West states (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming).
		U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis: Outdoor Recreation The value added of the outdoor recreation economy accounted for 2.3 percent ($639.5 billion) of current-dollar gross domestic product (GDP) for the nation in 2023. You can view the full suite of economic data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) at the link above.
		Outdoor Recreation Roundtable 2023 State Recreation Economy Rankings The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable is the leading business coalition advancing a sustainable and growing outdoor recreation economy for the benefit of all Americans.
		Winning the West: Election 2024 This new report from the Center for Western Priorities shows that public lands and natural resources proved to be issues that gave candidates an edge in 2024.
		Mobilizing Support for Nonprofit Federal Funding This report by The Nonprofit Alliance outlines the state of public support for federal funding of nonprofit organizations and could be another resource in your advocacy efforts.