Policy Action Alert requests are a benefit of being a Chicago Wilderness partner with an issue you want shared with the Chicago Wilderness community. All Action Alerts must meet our Government Relations Community Legislative Priorities and Principles. The Chicago Wilderness Alliance's Government Relations Community can only take action on items initiated by a partner organization. We encourage nonpartners to explore joining our Alliance.

2025 Policy Action Alerts

2024 Policy Action Alerts: 

• 2025 Climate Day at the Capitol: The Nature Conservancy in Illinois (Dec 18, 2024)
• Prized Hunting Ban: Project Coyote (October 7, 2024)
• VOTE YES to protect clean air, clean water, and wildlife: Openlands (Sept 24, 2024)
• IL Soil and Water Conservation District Seeking Support: The Nature Conservancy in Illinois (July 25, 2024)
• Seeking Support for the U.S. Foundation for International Conservation Act: The Nature Conservancy in Illinois (July 18, 2024)
• Soil and Water Conservation Districts; Section 115 of IL HB 5673 and IL SB 3832: Association of Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts (May 5, 2024)
• Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: Save the Dunes (April 9, 2024)
• IL Wetlands Bill: The Nature Conservancy in Illinois (April 9, 2024)
• Microfiber Pollution: The Nature Conservation in Illinois (April 4, 2024)
• Raise Your Voice to Protect Illinois Wetlands: Shedd Aquarium (April 2, 2024)
• Wetlands and Small Streams Protection Act (SB3669): Nature Conservancy in Illinois (March 1, 2024)
• Healthy Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Act (SB 2781): Prairie State Conservation Coalition (February 7, 2024)
• Bird Protection vote the highest priority: The Nature Conservancy in Illinois (January 21, 2024)
• Wetlands protection: Shedd Aquarium (January 31, 2024)
• Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences (EXPLORE) Act: Citizens for Conservation (January 23, 2024)

2023 Action Alerts

• Fox River Connectivity and Habitat Study: Sierra Club in Illinois (September 18, 2023)
• Fox River Social Media Blitz: Sierra Club in Illinois (September 5, 2023)
• Medium and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Memorandum of Understanding and Advanced Clean Truck and Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus/Union of Concerned Scientists: The Nature Conservancy, Illinois Chapter (July 5, 2023)
• Public Lands Rule: Citizens for Conservation (June 12, 2023)
• Healthy Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Act (SB2357), The Nature Conservancy, Illinois Chapter (May 8, 2023)
• Environmental Justice Permitting Bill (HB2520/SB1823): The Nature Conservancy, Illinois Chapter (May 4, 2023)
• Illinois Environmental Lobby Day: The Nature Conservancy, Illinois Chapter:  (April 5, 2023)
• Illinois Senate Bill 1890 (SB1890), Turtle Trap Bill (March 28, 2023): Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum:  
• Indiana State Senate Bill 414, Indiana Wetlands: Save the Dunes (March 24, 2023)
• The Illinois Agricultural and Natural Resources Legacy Act: Prairie State Coalition and Citizens for Conservation (March 7, 2023)
• Illinois HB 1568:Citizens for Conservation (March 6, 2023)
• Local Park Funding at Risk: Forest Preserves of Cook County (February 17, 2023)

2021-2022 Action Alerts

• The Nature Conservancy, Illinois Chapter: SB2357, the Healthy Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Act
• The Nature Conservancy, Illinois Chapter: Seeking Public Comments on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (November 16, 2022)
• The Nature Conservancy, Illinois Chapter: Vote to protect clean air, clean water, and wildlife (October 25, 2022)
• The Nature Conservancy, Illinois Chapter: Vote Yes Text Banking (October 6, 2022)
• The Nature Conservancy, Illinois Chapter: Inflation Reduction Act (August 9, 2022)
• Natural Land Institute: Bell Bowl Prairie Public Meeting (July 22, 2022)
• Openlands: Op-Ed on Tree Inequities (June 23, 2022)
• The Nature Conservancy, Illinois Chapter: Become a Vote Yes Ambassador (June 21, 2022)
• Natural Land Institute: Bell Bowl Prairie (June 20, 2022) 
• The Nature Conservancy, Illinois Chapter: Midwest Climate Collaborative seeking input (May 24, 2022)
• The Nature Conservancy, Illinois Chapter: City of Chicago Climate Action Plan (March 22, 2022)
• Openlands: McCormick Casino Proposal (March 17, 2022)
• Save the Dunes: Paralyzing State Agency Action; Indiana HB 1100 (February 24, 2022)
• American Farmland Trust: Partners for Nutrient Loss Reduction Act, Illinois SB3471 (February 4, 2022)
• The Nature Conservancy, Illinois Chapter: Environmental Justice Act, Illinois HB4093 (January 31, 2022)
• Openlands: Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act, Illinois S2256 / HR4164 (December 10, 2021)
• Save the Dunes Conservation Foundation: Northwest IN industrial discharge on Lake Michigan (Oct 6, 2021)
• Natural Land Institute: Bell Bowl Prairie (Oct 4, 2021)
• Nature Conservancy, Illinois Chapter: Clean energy legislation (August 27, 2021)
• Friends of the Kankakee: Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge public review period (July 8, 2021)