Did you know that climate change is already threatening public lands recreation? Mounting climate change impacts can be felt across the country. Just a few of those impacts include lengthened and more intense wildfire seasons that create poor air quality, decreased snowpack and ski season length, impacts on wildlife and fish populations, and decreased water recreation access. However, there’s still time to save recreation on public lands by working to combat climate change.
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How inaction on climate change threatens your local public lands recreation
May 29, 2020
Issue: Climate Change, Outdoor Recreation, Wildlife
Subject: Interior, Water & Drought
By Center for Western Priorities
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