The Badlands Conservation Corps (BCC) is a collaboration with the Badlands Conservation Alliance (BCA) and Strengthen ND to bring AmeriCorps field crew members out to work on short-term service projects to improve public lands, the Three Affiliated Tribes National Park, as well as the grasslands of western North Dakota.
Read MoreBadlands Conservation Alliance’s 2024 annual meeting was held in Bismarck at the Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library on Saturday, November 16th. The event celebrated BCA’s 25th anniversary and featured speaker Michael Barthelemy, Director of Native American Studies at Nueta-Hidatsa-Sahnish College.
Read MoreBen Rawlence, a British writer and journalist, has researched and compiled a fascinating look at the seven major trees in six ecosystems of the northernmost forest, the treeline forest.
Read MoreYour voice matters and this is the time to stand and have it heard! You as BCA members are more critical than ever. BCA will continue to monitor the various threats from oil and gas development, air quality issues around Theodore Roosevelt National Park, water extraction from the Little Missouri Scenic River, and the potential of rare earth mineral mining.
Read MoreYou can learn more about the Maah Daah Hey National Monument campaign at the coalition’s official website, ProtectMDH.com. Please show your support by signing the petition calling on the president to designate the national monument.
Read MoreBadlands Conservation Alliance is dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the Badlands and rolling prairie ecosystem comprising western North Dakota’s public lands, both state and federal. We provide an independent voice for conservation-minded North Dakotans and others who appreciate this unique Great Plains landscape.
Read MoreIn 2024, BCA’s projects and collaborations included the Maah Daah Hey National Monument campaign, a legal intervention to defend the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule, advocating for Suitable for Wilderness areas during the public comment period for the Dakota Prairie Grasslands Travel Management Plan, and submitting comments to the Bureau of Land Management regarding oil and gas leases.
Read MoreBy closing superfluous roads and limiting unnecessary road construction, and prioritizing non-motorized recreation, we send a strong message that the Badlands and Little Missouri National Grasslands are open, accessible and enjoyable for future generations. BCA supports a Travel Management Plan that better strikes a balance between public access and the conservation of North Dakota’s unique western ND landscape.
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