Every great landscape in the public domain of the United States needs a vigilant advocacy group. We are that entity for the North Dakota Badlands. Our ethos is civility and constructive engagement, not environmental absolutism.
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Now, at a time when there are unprecedented pressures on the North Dakota Badlands, from directions we could not have foreseen, we of the Badlands Conservation Alliance want to call your attention to our deepest concerns.
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For us, the Badlands of North Dakota are a spiritual place. Essentially, spirituality is a knowing, a feeling, a sense of something beyond and greater than one’s self that cannot be defined or explained—it is a mystery.
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Protecting this place is not only about conservation—it is about public health, well-being, and preserving opportunities for future generations. In a fast-paced, consumer-driven culture, the Badlands offer something increasingly rare: space to slow down. They invite us to step away from screens, to reconnect with silence, stars, and the rhythms of the natural world.
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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.
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Badlands 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.
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BCA 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.
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BCA 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.
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The Public Lands Rule comment period ends on Monday, November 10th, 2025.
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