Protecting America’s Public Lands
Roughly 300 million acres of American lands, most in the West, are set aside as public lands and maintained using taxes paid by all Americans. These lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, and National Wildlife Refuge System are by charter supposed to be managed for multiple uses including recreation and provision of wildlife habitat and clean water sources. Increasingly, however, they are run for the benefit of extractive industries and with little regard for the preservation of the rare wildlife or iconic natural beauty for which they are famous.
With the help of conscientious range management specialists, scientists, law enforcement officers and other workers within these agencies, PEER is uncovering how our precious national heritage is being sold to the highest bidder, often under the direction of poorly qualified and illegally appointed political appointees.
Environmental and public health risks are being ignored by regulatory agencies and decisions heavily influenced by profit-driven industries.
REPORT | The Biden Administration’s Bureau of Land Management
As the Biden administration nears its halfway point, there are both encouraging signs of progress and plenty of room for growth when it comes to conserving public lands. Stronger leadership from the Biden administration and within federal land agencies is critical to act on both the climate and biodiversity crises. No public lands agency more epitomizes the challenges and opportunities ahead than the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) – the country’s largest land manager at more than 245 million acres.
Mapping Rangeland Health
Our interactive BLM Rangeland Health Standards Evaluation Data (2020) on MangoMaps is based on data from 2020, obtained via the Freedom of Information Act. PEER worked with a former BLM contractor to analyze what these records reveal about the condition of our public lands and BLM’s discharge of its duties to safeguard them.
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NEWS FROM PEER
Off-Roaders Seek Takeover of California Parks
Henry Coe and Red Rock Canyon State Parks Targeted in Financial Crisis Gambit
California Parks on Closure List Trigger Federal Payback
Nearly 1 in 5 Parks Set for Shutdown Used Fed Dollars with Promise to Keep Open
Overstressed AZ Border Refuge Invites in Off-Road Vehicles
No Field Damage Monitoring as Refuge Fired Volunteers for Expressing Concerns
Call to Regulate Drilling on National Wildlife Refuges
To Avert Damage from Shale Gas Boom, Refuges Urged to Adopt Park Service Rules
Stupor Over Stupa Afflicts Park Service
Leadership Paralysis on Handling Religious Displays in National Parks
National Park Plans Trail Designed for Mountain Bikes
Unprecedented “Pay-to-Play” Deal Gives Private Bike Group Backcountry Access
Big Cypress ORV Plan Triggers Lawsuit Threat
Proposed Trail Network Poses Threat to Florida Panther and Other Protected Species
Obama Administration Embraces GE Crops on Wildlife Refuges
Plans Issued to Green-Light Genetically Engineered Agriculture on Scores of Refuges
Court Orders Redo of Federal ORV Plan for Millions of Acres in California’s West Mojave Desert
Court Orders Redo of Federal ORV Plan for Millions of Acres in California's West Mojave Desert San Francisco — A federal judge Saturday issued an order forcing the Bureau of Land Management to redo its plans for off-road vehicle use on millions of acres of public land...
Feds Drop Effort to Salvage Bison Range Tribal Pact
Refuge Has Not Rehired Staff After Tribal Funding Agreement Rescinded
Feds Yank GE Crops From All Northeast Refuges
Settlement of Bombay Hook Suit Makes Southeast Refuges Next Legal Target
Wilderness Vanishing Act in Big Cypress
Converting 40,000 Wilderness-Suitable Acres to ORV Trails Violates Law and Policy
Bid to Carve Tribal Park out of Redwood National Park
Yurok Tribe Push Legislation to Take Over Scenic Park, Forest & Sanctuary Lands
Suit to Bar Beach Scraping at Prime Hook Wildlife Refuge
Move to Destroy Refuge Wetlands to Protect Private Beach Homes Challenged
New Jersey Rushes to Halliburton-Ize Toxic Clean-Ups
Election Eve Hearing Signals Desire to Rush Relaxed Contractor Standards
Court Throws out National Bison Range Tribal Pact
Failure to Consider Potential Negative Effects on Iconic Refuge Was Fatal Flaw
California Drops Park Hunting Plan, for Now
Conservation Groups Seek Increased Protection for Tolowa Dunes State Park
After Deaths, BLM Permits Bigger Off-Road Race This Weekend
Problem-Plagued Vegas-to-Reno Race Marked by Inability to Enforce Permit Rules
Forest Off-Road Vehicle Plans at Crossroads in the Southwest
Status of Million of Acres at Stake; Wide Variation in Emerging ORV Forest Plans
Park Service Encourages Violation of Plant Removal Rules
NPS Director Declares Restrictions on Indian Harvest “Wrong” and Vows Repeal