The Center for Western Priorities is excited to share an updated analysis that finds that not every Western state is living up to its conservation legacy. Oregon in particular has a proud conservation tradition, yet a dysfunctional Congress is blocking the largest conservation opportunity in the West.

The report, Conservation Gridlock, is an annual update to a 2022 analysis that looked at the acres of national public land protected over the last 20 years in eight Western states. This year’s update finds that in the last decade, Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming have conserved far less land than other Western states. The three leading states—California, Utah, and Nevada—have protected 14 times more acres of public land than the three bottom states.

Please check out the report and amplify it on your social media channels! Here are links to the Center for Western Priorities’ Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, and Threads posts to re-share or adapt, along with the attached social graphics.

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