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»
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Everglades Python Hunt Would Set Terrible Precedent
Publicity Stunt Not Expected to Reduce Exotic Snake Population in National Park
Park Service Misled the Public on Plant Harvest Plan
Public Comment Reopened Due to Unsupported Statements in Federal Register Notice
Park Service Snoozes Through Effigy Mounds Wake up Call
Park Service Snoozes Through Effigy Mounds Wake up Call
Suit to Obtain Arctic Offshore Drilling Safety Data
Key Oil Spill Prevention and Response Documents Still Not Released to Public
Heated Rhetoric on Nevada Monument Invites Confrontation
Federal Employees in the West Put in Crosshairs by Superheated Political Rhetoric
BLM Reports Record Low Number of Threats in 2014
Despite Armed Standoff, Agency Claims Least Assaults and Threats Since 1996
War Games Open Fire in Gulf of Alaska
Eco-Effects of Sonar Arrays and Gunnery Unclear Even in Scaled Back Exercises
Battle Mountain Grazing Settlement Sows Seeds of Discord
Rancher Rewarded for Defiant Trespass as BLM Avoids Enforcement at All Costs
Plant Harvest Plan Threatens National Park Resources
Tribal Gathering Proposal Is Radical Departure from Conservation Principles
Settlement Limits Off-Road Vehicle Routes for Inyo County’s Adventure Trails
The Center for Biological Diversity, PEER and Inyo County today settled a lawsuit on the so-called “Adventure Trails” pilot project, limiting it to seven dual-use roads totaling 44 miles
Park Service/Budweiser Co-Branding Campaign Raises Questions
Off-Limit Corporate Partnerships on Table as NPS Waives Alcohol Promotion Ban
Surrendered Bundy Documents Shed No Light on Events
BLM: No Criminal Referrals, Cattle Inventory, or Lessons Learned
EPA Fracking Discharge Permits on Indian Lands Appealed
Fracking Fluids Dumped into Stream for Livestock on Wind River Reservation
South Coast Rail Dealt Mortal Blow by New Transit Plan
Years-Long “Moratorium” Puts Massachusetts South Coast Expansion into Dustbin
Abandoned Uncapped Wells Pockmark Western Public Lands
Records Show BLM Does Not Shoulder Responsibilities to Ensure Reclamation
Lawsuit Filed on Inyo County’s Adventure Trails
Ill-conceived Plan Would Turn Owens Valley Into Noisy, Polluted ORV Playground
Another 4G Cell Tower Slated for Remote National Park
North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt Wants Second Tower Abutting Wilderness
BLM Dumbing Down Reports on Livestock Range Conditions
Complaint Demands Restoration of Data Quantifying and Qualifying Grazing Effects
Park Service Reneges on Promised Cell Restrictions
Yellowstone Builds New Towers but Ignores Vows to Limit Visibility and Coverage
Exxon Valdez Damages Suit Drags Into 2015 and Perhaps Beyond
Judge Frustrated That Long Overdue Restoration Plan Still Not Near Completion