Resources For Your Advocacy Efforts

Share Your Story!

NWSA is collecting your stories about how recent actions related to federal funding, downsizing the federal workforce, erasure of DEIA, and more 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 advocacy for public lands and this stewardship community.

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Access the Survey

Find / Contact Elected Officials

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

Federal Land Management Agency Leaders

Department of the Interior

Secretary of the Interior: Doug Burgum

Bureau of Land Management Director: Kathleen Sgamma

National Park Service Director: Jessica Bowron (acting)

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Director: Brian Nesvik

Department of Agriculture

Secretary of Agriculture: Brooke Rollins

Chief of the U.S. Forest Service: Tom Schultz

Deputy Chief of the U.S. Forest Service: Chris French 

Presidential Actions

Track Presidential Actions

Executive Orders Affecting Charitable Nonprofits

The Impacts of the Recent Executive Orders on Nonprofits

Useful Reports

		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.