Each of these executive orders contains a flurry of individual actions and directives. It’s important to note that while these orders target many public lands conservation efforts, the vast majority do not immediately take effect but instead direct federal agencies to begin taking action.

In short, while President Trump indeed signed a laundry list that puts a target on our public lands, his officials are still beholden to follow the law and administrative processes to carry them out. This buys time for us—The Wilderness Society and supporters like you—to engage together to defend our communities, climate and environment from these threats.

The totality of these actions, and the agency efforts to undertake them, will take time to fully process—but based on initial analyses by the team at The Wilderness Society, below is an overview of what we believe these orders will do or seek to do.