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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Malheur Siege Still Shadows Range and Refuges
Survey Reflects Federal Land Management Workers’ Growing Safety Worries
Trump Hiring Freeze Hamstrings His Own Agenda
Energy and Other Initiatives Require More People in Staff-Starved Agencies
Last Minute Maneuver on Bison Range Giveaway a Long Shot
PEER Suit Blocking Transfer Bolstered by Reversal and Tacit Admission of Fault
Jarvis Tenure a Disaster for National Park Resources
Other Scandals Overshadowed Protection Rollbacks for Wildlife and Habitats
Mount Rainier Wilderness Slated for Cell Coverage
Proposed Cellular Antennas in Paradise Visitor Center Will Wire Wilderness
Trump Monument Revocations Would Be Monumental Mess
Hyper-Partisanship Sidelines Historic Congressional Monument Role
Far More Hunting Inside Denali Than on Its Boundary
Impact of Larger Toll on Sustainable Park Wildlife Populations Poorly Understood
Livestock Land Abuse Rampant on Public Range
New BLM Figures Show Little Progress in Healing Lands Degraded by Overgrazing
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Disavows Bison Range Transfer Proposal
Retreat Is Attempted Defense for Illegal Promulgation of Refuge Give-Away Plan
Yellowstone Backcountry Blanketed With Cell Coverage
Remotest Corners Now Connected Despite Park Promises of Limited Coverage
Trail of Tears Illegally Defaced by Forest Service
Agency Apologizes for Destroying Sacred Sites but Offers No Atonement
Off-Road Race Through Nevada Monument Aborted
USAF Helicopter Crash on Race’s Eve Closed Basin & Range Monument Course Leg
Park Service Pours Bucket of Mush on Effigy Mounds Scandal
Final Report on Desecration of Sacred Indian Sites Offers No Reforms or Remedies
BLM Bound to Betray Nevada Desert Monument
Reviews Rigged to Preclude Challenge to Last Minute Approval of Off-Road Race
National Parks Punt on Overcrowding
Statutory Requirement for Parks to Establish Carrying Capacities Widely Ignored
Tribal Bison Range Plan Leaves Many Uncertainties
Refuge Mission, Public Access and Fate of Bison Herd Placed at Tribal Discretion
Rudderless National Parks Adrift Without a Compass
Most Big National Park Units Lack Required General Management Plans
Skyline Drive Closures and Drones for Corporate Parks Donor
Approval for Subaru Ad Shoot Hand-Carried through National Park Headquarters
New Nevada Monument to Be Rutted by Off-Road Desert Race
BLM Rigs Reviews to Route Vegas-Reno Race through Basin & Range Monument
Open Season on Harassing Fisheries Observers
Assaults More than Double in Two Years with No Reported Enforcement