May 2 | Webinar and Comment-Writing Workshop: Greater Sage-Grouse Management Plan Date: May 2, 2024 Time: 4:00 PM (Mountain) Register Today! In March, the BLM released its long-awaited draft Greater Sage-Grouse Resource Management Plan Amendment. The plan intends to protect the greater-sage grouse by amending 77 land-use plans across 10 states. The BLM is now accepting public comments on the draft plan and on the BLM’s consideration of potential areas of critical environmental concern (ACECs), which are land designations that can be made in the resource management planning proce ..read more

Broads Applauds New BLM Public Lands Rule DURANGO (April 18, 2024)—Great Old Broads for Wilderness applauds the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for releasing its final “Public Lands Rule” to balance and uphold its multiple-use mission. This new framework promises to place conservation, access to nature, wildlife, cultural lands protection, and climate change mitigation on equal footing with industrial development across the West. For too long, the protection and preservation of our public lands have been treated as secondary (at best) to activities like oil and natural gas extraction a ..read more

May 1 | Day at the Oakland Zoo (Coast to Crest Broadband—CA) Date: May 1, 2024 Time: 11:00-2:00 PM Location: Oakland Zoo 9777 Golf Links Rd, Oakland, CA 94605 Register Today! Join Great Old Broads for Wilderness members and guests on May 1 from 11-2:00 PM at the Oakland Zoo! We will be participating in a docent led tour of the California Trails. We will learn about California threatened and endangered species and discuss migratory corridors and habitat connectivity. Please complete this Google Form so we know you are coming and share this event with your friends and family. Buy ..read more

June 24-27 | Discovering New Passages Regional Broadwalk (Polly Dyer Seattle (WA) Broadband) Date: June 24-27, 2024 Location: Deception Pass State Park (WA) Register Today! Join the Polly Dyer Seattle Broadband in “Discovering New Passages,”  a Broadwalk at Deception Pass State Park, June 24-27, 2023!  By land or sea, this sprawling park has passages – 38 miles of trails and more than 100,000 feet of shoreline, both saltwater and freshwater. It has old growth and mature forests, rugged ocean cliffs, and gullies of ferns. The park spans two large islands, Whidbey and Fi ..read more

August 7-11 | Mount St. Helens Broadwalk: Lawetlat’la—Land in Transformation (PNW Broadbands) Date: August 7-11, 2024 Time: 4:00-5:30 PM Location: Mount St. Helens Institute 42218 NE Yale Bridge Road Amboy, WA 98601 Cost: $375/person (includes meals and camping, other sleeping options extra) Register Today! You are cordially invited to join the PNW Broadbands for their Mount St Helen’s Broadwalk Lawetlat’la—Land in Transformation Regional Broadwalk, August 7 – 11, 2024, located at the Mount St Helen’s Institute (approximately 7 miles from the crater of Mount St Helens). We have ..read more

May 9–11 | Nor’easter Broadband Hubbard Brook Retreat Date: May 9–11, 2024 Location: Pleasantview Farm 25 Dobson Hill Road Thornton, NH Register Today! Join members of the Nor’easter Broadband for a three day retreat at the Pleasantview Farm, a facility of the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation in Thornton, NH. We will assist with stewardship activities on the property (weeding or painting), plan to discuss the “From Chicken to Eagle” book, do a little relaxing, and have fun! More info about this facility here: https://hubbardbrook.org/hubbard-brook-research-foundation/facilities ..read more

May 28 | Music & Dance Climate VoteFest (Crest to Coast Broadband—California) Date: May 28, 2024 Time: 7:00 PM Location: Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley, CA Google Map Click Here for Ticket Information You are cordially invited to join the Crest to Coast Broadband (CA) and partners Third Act-SF Bay Area and Grown Women Dance Collective in Berkeley, CA on May 28th at 7:00PM for an evening of climate activism, music, dance, and fun! Click the image below for more information and to purchase tickets. For more information, contact Crest to Coast Broadband Leade ..read more

Zootown Broadband Geographic Area The Missoula, Seeley Lake and Bitterroot Valley areas. Broadband LeadersJennifer Watson Contact Us jiwatson54@gmail.com Focus Areas: Grizzly bears Preservation of Old growth and Mature forests Lolo National Forest Plan revision Access to public lands Wish list:More new members! Become a member of Great Old Broads for Wilderness and join our Broadband today! Join Us ..read more

May 24 | Hike with Broads & Montana Native Plant Society (NW MT) Date: May 24, 2024 Time: 9:00 AM Join the Northwest Montana Broadband for a co-sponsored hike with the Montana Native Plant Society. We’ll meet at 9 am at the Lost Trail Wildlife Headquarters. Hike leaders are Pat Jaquith and Rosemary McKinnon. Contact Rosemary at rosemary.mckinnon@gmail.com to reserve a place ..read more

April 20 | Alaska Soles Broadband: Let’s Get Acquainted (Palmer) Date: April 20, 2024 Time: 4:00-6:00 PM Location: Valley Recycling (classroom) 9465 E. Chanlyut Palmer, AK Join the Alaska Soles Broadband for a “Let’s Get Acquainted” Gathering. Meet new people, participate in idea sharing and laughter (of course!). Please text 907-355-3712 to RSVP ..read more