Laura Bailey

Hi, I’m Laura, a conservation communicator and content strategist. I turn ideas into impactful campaigns, digital stories, and content that drives change. Explore my work.

Writing & content production

These lands are Too Wild to Drill

A new report spotlights the lands that are most at risk of being exploited for the resources that lie beneath them. These lands are Too Wild to Drill.

America’s wildlands are world-renowned, yet some of our most spectacular wild places are under threat of oil and gas development. Our new Too Wild to Drill report (PDF) spotlights six such wild landscapes that are under threat from nearby oil and gas development.

These lands need to be protected.

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"Welcome to Gwichyaa Zhee" highlights the human cost of Arctic drilling

The Wilderness Society joined forces with filmmaker Greg Balkin and Navajo activist Dr. Len Necefer to create Welcome to Gwichyaa Zhee.

The film illustrates the systemic abuse of indigenous communities at the hands of unwanted energy development, drawing connections between the Trump administration's attacks on Bears Ears National Monument in Utah and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.

"At a time when native communities still feel invisible to the rest of our co

"Storymap" collaborations

Content projects

Annual report

Graphics