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.
Oil and Gas Drilling
Environmental and public health risks are being ignored by regulatory agencies and decisions heavily influenced by profit-driven industries.
Cell Tower Invasion
Cell phone towers spread across national parks without proper planning and public input.
Grazing Reform
Livestock grazing allows heavily subsidized private operators to degrade our public lands.
Off-Road Wreckreation
Off-road vehicle abuse is a growing problem on our public lands, especially in the West.
“Orphaned” Park Wilderness
Twenty-five million acres of recommended wilderness in our national park system are in limbo, marooned by politics.
Beyond 2020
Learn more about steps Congress and the Biden Administration can take to move the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service into a better run healthier future. Read More»
NEWS FROM PEER
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National Parks’ Illegal “Non-Profit” Network
Audit Finds Residential Centers Operate without Charter or Oversight
Industry E-Bike Advisory Group Shut Down As Illegal
Sub-Rosa Advisory Group Behind Interior’s Policy Letting E-Bikes on Trails
Lawsuit to Restore E-Bikes Ban in National Parks
New E-Bikes Order Springs from Industry Lobbying and Violates Laws
More Than 500 New Antennas Slated for Yellowstone
Formerly Off-Limits Historic Buildings to Be Honeycombed with Wi-Fi
Rock Bottom Federal Grazing Fees Probed
BLM Cloaking Environmental and Fiscal Impacts of Vast Livestock Program
Suit to Trace Path from Rebel to Uber-Bureaucrat
BLM Must Disclose Circumstances Behind Putting William Pendley in Director’s Chair
Evaporating National Park Staff Levels
Overall Workforce Has Shrunken by More Than a Sixth Since 2011
Horrid Time to Work Inside Interior Department
SES Shudders at Clueless Reorganizations and Parade of Temporary Leaders
Don’t Disney-fy Denali
Big Recreational Development for Wonder Lake Would Pave Paradise
BLM Whistleblower Reinstated
Courthouse Steps Agreement Means Monday MSPB Hearing Is Cancelled
Chances of Seeing Denali Wolves in the Wild Now Remote
1% Viewing Success Record Low After State Eliminated No-Hunt Buffers
No Relief from Noisy Park Air Tours Anytime Soon
FAA Touts Belated Baby Steps in 7 Parks to Forestall Judicial Intervention
No Direction – National Park Service and BLM to be Run by Lower Deputies for 3 Years
Trump and Bernhardt Continue to Deny Senate Role in Confirming Directors
New Park Service E-bike Order Invalid
NPS Edict Violates Federal Laws and Misinterprets Interior Directive
National Parks Seek Ubiquitous Cell Coverage
Telecoms in Driver’s Seat as Cell Towers Sprout Across Park Landscapes
Wheels Coming Off Trump Arctic Refuge Drive
Haste to Roll Out Leasing Approvals Proves to be Their Undoing
PEERMail: BLM’s Darkest Days Cloud Your Future
The Trump Administration’s effort to crush the federal civil service has hit the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hard. The BLM manages nearly 250 million acres of public land, an astonishingly diverse landscape of mountains, forests, deserts, grasslands and...
National Park Hunting And Fishing Restrictions Under Fire
Rules to Stem Invasive Species, Lead Poisoning, and Gun Accidents at Risk
Cell Tower Miasma Pervades National Park System
Audit Finds Broad Noncompliance with Eco-Rules and Revenue Collection
Promised Crackdown On Park Overflights Yet To Take Off
Facing Lawsuit, FAA and Park Service Vow Action after Years of Impasse