BCA has been working with the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks, the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), and the Western Energy Project to provide scoping comments to the Bureau of Land Management regarding the upcoming 3rd Qt Oil & Gas Lease Sale(s) slated for August. These lease sales could have significant impacts within five miles of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, and along the Maah Daah Hey Trail.
Read MoreBadlands Conservation Alliance opposes the proposal by the Recreation Aviation Foundation (RAF) to reestablish the airstrip formerly known as the Eberts Airstrip within the Dakota Prairie Grasslands.
Read MoreBCA encourages our membership and all North Dakotans to submit comments on the administration’s goal to eliminate elements of the ESA in the interest of extractive industry development and corporate profits over the long-term environmental habitat health for future generations.
Read MoreBCA launched the Badlands Conservation Corps, a collaboration between BCA and Strengthen ND to bring AmeriCorps field crew members to work on short-term service projects to improve the grasslands of western North Dakota.
Read MoreThe Public Lands Rule comment period ends on Monday, November 10th, 2025.
Read MoreStarting a Badlands Conservation Corps (BCC) is a positive direction for the state of North Dakota.
Read MoreJoin us for a film screening and discussion series featuring Walt Dabney, a nationally recognized public lands leader whose 43-year career spanned the National Park Service (NPS) and Texas Parks and Wildlife.
Read MoreFrom May to July, 2025, the six-person BCC field crew provided approximately 1,800 hours of service. Working alongside 13 project partners, BCC maintained 40 miles of trails, removed 4.75 miles of fencing, installed or repaired 30 mile markers and other posts, placed eight benches, and reinforced two erosion-preventing bridges.
Read MoreMy first two years as your Executive Director have paid dividends through relationship building. This was evident in our BCC field crew and how well it has been received. My goal for the next 25 years, BCA will serve as both ‘watchdog,’ and a ‘boots on the ground solution’ to improve western ND for future generations.
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