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for="donate-options--2-6">Other</label> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-donate__options"> <div class="c-form-item c-form-item--radio has-visible-label-after"> <input class="c-form-item__radio" id="donate-one-time" name="recurring" value="0" type="radio" data-one-time-selection> <label class="c-form-item__label" for="donate-one-time">One-time Gift</label> </div> <div class="c-form-item c-form-item--radio has-visible-label-after"> <input class="c-form-item__radio" id="donate-monthly" name="recurring" value="1" type="radio" checked data-monthly-selection> <label class="c-form-item__label" for="donate-monthly">Give Monthly</label> </div> </div> </fieldset> <div class="c-donate__button"> <button class="c-button">Donate</button> </div> </form> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="l-page__full-bleed"> <section class="l-section"> <div class="l-constrain"> <div class="l-section__main"> <h2 class="l-section__title"><p>Our Work</p></h2> <div class="l-section__content"> <div class="c-issue-explorer js-issue-explorer"> <div class="c-issue-explorer__issue js-issue-explorer__issue"> <div class="c-issue-explorer__issue-image"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/huge_64x25_25/public/2023-02/forest-fire-shoshone-national-forest-wyoming-KH-042-1536.jpg.webp?h=fa0714b4&itok=4Z_TJwJQ 384w, /sites/default/files/styles/huge_64x25_50/public/2023-02/forest-fire-shoshone-national-forest-wyoming-KH-042-1536.jpg.webp?h=fa0714b4&itok=bu5lynqN 768w, /sites/default/files/styles/huge_64x25_75/public/2023-02/forest-fire-shoshone-national-forest-wyoming-KH-042-1536.jpg.webp?h=fa0714b4&itok=p_YA3d0L 1152w, /sites/default/files/styles/huge_64x25_100/public/2023-02/forest-fire-shoshone-national-forest-wyoming-KH-042-1536.jpg.webp?h=fa0714b4&itok=5e-7PAan 1536w, /sites/default/files/styles/huge_64x25_150/public/2023-02/forest-fire-shoshone-national-forest-wyoming-KH-042-1536.jpg.webp?h=fa0714b4&itok=4x6pOTTY 2304w, 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js-issue-explorer__issue"> <div class="c-issue-explorer__issue-image"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/huge_64x25_25/public/2023-02/equity-and-justice-1385767483-1536.jpg.webp?h=fa0714b4&itok=liCThno2 384w, /sites/default/files/styles/huge_64x25_50/public/2023-02/equity-and-justice-1385767483-1536.jpg.webp?h=fa0714b4&itok=Stp6_4_p 768w, /sites/default/files/styles/huge_64x25_75/public/2023-02/equity-and-justice-1385767483-1536.jpg.webp?h=fa0714b4&itok=rpwogPWo 1152w, /sites/default/files/styles/huge_64x25_100/public/2023-02/equity-and-justice-1385767483-1536.jpg.webp?h=fa0714b4&itok=p5g0gf31 1536w, /sites/default/files/styles/huge_64x25_150/public/2023-02/equity-and-justice-1385767483-1536.jpg.webp?h=fa0714b4&itok=ntA_ZpE- 2304w, /sites/default/files/styles/huge_64x25_200/public/2023-02/equity-and-justice-1385767483-1536.jpg.webp?h=fa0714b4&itok=5DfBwhmV 3072w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) min(calc(100vw - 4.44444rem), 1536px), calc(100vw - 2.22222rem)" 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