Biodiversity Conservation Alliance

1. Our National Forests provide important habitat for wildlife and rare plants, clean water, and a quiet place of refuge for public recreation. We focus on protecting backcountry areas that still remain roadless, and on safeguarding key habitats and connect
2. Wyoming's sagebrush deserts and grasslands are strongholds of native wildlife, from the pronghorn antelope to the sage grouse and prairie dog. With a special beauty born of remoteness, these public lands contain spectacular desert wilderness such as Adob
3. BCA is committed to the premise that all of our region's native inhabitants should survive and flourish. Each plant, animal and insect has an important role to play, and the loss of even a seemingly insignificant creature can cause the entire web of life

Environment

BCA has emerged as a lead conservation organization for Wyoming. We are a lean, efficient non-profit with a full time staff of five. Restoring the health of the Medicine Bow and Black Hills National Forests, which have been damaged by excessive logging, are special priorities. However, we also work to protect and restore the Bighorn, Arapaho-Roosevelt, Bridger-Teton and Shoshone National Forests. The Bureau of Land Management oversees magnificent remnants of the Wild West, with the Forest Service managing the Thunder Basin, Wyoming's only National Grassland. BCA works to protect special places and sensitive wildlife habitats within these landscapes, and provides sustainable solutions to reform drilling, mining, and grazing practices so they can become compatible with the needs of wildlife and public recreation. The Endangered Species Act has saved 99% of the creatures it protects from extinction, and BCA has won virtually all of our legal challenges to the Fish and Wildlife Service over the protection of wildlife. Endangered Species Act protection serves as an effective umbrella to protect habitats and entire ecosystems.