OUR 2025 ACTION PLAN
Nature Is Nonpartisan’s coalition-driven structure converts consensus into concrete policy change. In 2025, we’re focusing on four key issue areas that require meaningful, nonpartisan action to create real-world impact:
Restoring forests to prevent wildfires
Increasing Western water resources
Ensuring coastal disaster resilience
Bolstering stewardship of our land
Our focus this year is to secure meaningful wins for each of these priorities, while still seeking opportunities for nonpartisan progress in other issue areas. To make it happen, we’ll soon launch an easy-to-use advocacy hub. Stay tuned!
Keep scrolling to learn more about our top action areas for 2025.
Restoring Forests to Prevent Wildfires
Restoring our forests is not just about preventing wildfires—it’s about protecting the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the communities we call home. After a century of suppressing natural fire cycles, our forests are dangerously overgrown, turning the West into a tinderbox. But we can turn the tide. With smart, science-based stewardship, we can reduce megafire risk, protect lives and property, and restore ecological balance—all while creating jobs in rural America.
The Stats
82% of voters
Support the idea of increased federal investment to proactively reduce the threat and intensity of future wildfires. [The Nature Conservancy, 2022]
Our Commitment
Restore 50 million acres of forestland by 2030 through strategic thinning and controlled burns to reduce megafire risk.
Upgrade forest data systems to predict and prevent wildfire outbreaks—getting ahead of risk, not just reacting to it.
Empower local and tribal leaders to manage forest health with long-term resources and flexibility.
Protect iconic ecosystems and trees, like the giant sequoias, with focused interventions in high-risk areas.
Strengthen rural economies by creating sustainable forestry jobs and investing in forest-based infrastructure.
Keep communities and watersheds safe by reducing overgrowth near neighborhoods, reservoirs, and energy corridors.
Why It Matters
More than 58 million Americans live in wildfire-prone landscapes, where megafires now cost over $20 billion each year—restoring forest health is our most powerful defense against this escalating threat.
Increasing Western Water Resources
Water scarcity threatens everything from our food supply to our energy grid. For generations, the American West thrived on world-class water infrastructure, but today’s outdated systems and shrinking aquifers are leaving families, farmers, and wildlife at risk. It's time to modernize how we manage, store, and share water. With smart investments and cooperative planning, we can turn water stress into water security.
The Stats
83% of voters
A majority of voters would want their state legislature to support a law to restore protections to their state’s wetlands and waterways. A bipartisan majority of voters would support this law as well (Democrats 87%, independents 81%, Republicans 77%). [Walton Family Foundation, Nov. 2023]
95% of voters
Say that protecting the water in our nation’s lakes, streams and rivers is important. [Walton Family Foundation, Sept. 2022]
Our Commitment
Expand water storage and recharge systems to capture more runoff and replenish depleted aquifers.
Support drought-resilient agriculture by investing in irrigation efficiency and reliable water delivery.
Strengthen rural water systems to withstand extreme weather and disaster impacts.
Create a central hub for water resilience planning to better coordinate state, tribal, and federal efforts.
Protect affordable access to safe drinking water across the West
Defend water reliability for future generations by aligning conservation, farming, and energy needs.
Why It Matters
Water is life. Without reliable water, families suffer, farms fail, and communities fall behind. Securing water in the West is a promise to the people who grow our food and power our economy.
Ensuring Coastal Disaster Resilience
Coastal communities are on the front lines of rising tides, stronger storms, and costly disasters. Whether protecting homes from hurricanes or restoring the natural buffers that shield our shores, America can’t focus only on disaster cleanup, we must invest in proactive coastal resilience. These places are home to millions of Americans, major military bases, and critical economic hubs. It's time to act like it.
The Stats
40% of Americans
Over 127 million Americans live in coastal counties vulnerable to hurricanes, flooding, and sea-level rise.[NOAA, 2023]
Our Commitment
Restore coastal wetlands and estuaries that naturally reduce flooding and absorb storm surge.
Reinforce critical infrastructure—ports, roads, utilities—with forward-looking disaster planning.
Ensure federal disaster funds are spent transparently and effectively to speed recovery and reduce future risks.
Support community-based resilience planning, especially in frontline and underserved areas.
Promote science-based flood mapping and risk forecasting to guide smarter development.
Prepare today to save lives and livelihoods tomorrow through early action, not just emergency response.
Why It Matters
Millions of Americans live along our coasts—and they deserve protection. Investing in resilience today means fewer lives lost, less taxpayer money spent on disaster recovery, and stronger communities tomorrow.
Bolstering the Stewardship of our Public and Private Lands
Our lands are more than scenery—they are working landscapes, sacred sites, wildlife corridors, and places where Americans connect with the outdoors. As our nation grows, we must ensure that land use decisions preserve access and protect our natural heritage. We must conserve what makes America unique, while keeping these lands open and working for all.
The Stats
87% of Americans
Support restoring or preserving wildlife habitat connectivity and migration corridors (85% of Republicans, 89% of Democrats, and 90% of Independents). [NPCA, Summer 2023]
Our Commitment
Expand voluntary conservation programs that reward private landowners for protecting habitat and public access.
Protect migration corridors and habitat connectivity to ensure healthy wildlife populations across state lines.
Establish new national parks and cultural heritage sites, elevating places that tell a fuller American story.
Maintain and expand access for hunting, fishing, hiking, and recreation on public and private lands.
Respect local input in land management decisions, ensuring conservation efforts support—not sideline—communities.
Keep public lands in public hands, rejecting efforts to sell off or privatize America’s natural legacy.
Why It Matters
Access to nature is a birthright, not a luxury. By protecting our lands and supporting those who care for them, we preserve freedom, heritage, and opportunity across generations.
What’s To Come
In the coming months, Nature Is Nonpartisan will unveil a powerful advocacy hub, directly connecting Americans with elected officials to ensure our voices are heard on these topics (and more).
How Can You Help?
Sign The Pledge
Join us as we bring leaders and decision-makers together to build the future of environmental policy and bolster America’s conservation legacy.
Contact Your Leaders
Tell your representatives to prioritize conservation. If you don’t know who your local representative is, find out here.
Spread the Word
Post on social media and tag your reps using @natureisnonpartisan.
