Public Lands

“P” in PEER Also Stands for Persistent

by | August 15, 2023
Persistence pays off for PEER even in the battle for the skies of national parks ...

BLM Data Measuring Rangeland Health Not Available

by | August 14, 2023
Suit to Uncover Success of Efforts to Reverse Severe Livestock Eco-Damage ...

Laudable or laughable? Southern Utahns, others talk Biden’s proposed public lands rule

by St. George News | August 13, 2023
President Joe Biden’s administration proposed a new public lands rule emphasizing conservation. The “Conservation and Landscape Health” rule, first proposed in March, lists conservation as a use of BLM lands on par with grazing, recreation and resource extraction, among others. “ ...

COMMENTARY | Is Congress Too Dysfunctional to Fund the National Parks?

by Common Dreams | August 10, 2023
In past decades, America’s best idea was one of the few domestic programs enjoying bipartisan support ...

Officials: Error led to routing planned transmission line through national monument

The potential destruction of ice age fossils in a Southern Nevada national monument by a proposed energy transmission line is due to a decade-old mapping error, according to federal employees, but at least one government accountability group isn’t buying it. “We are not aware of a ...

Feds Withhold Minnesota Grant Due to Overlogging

by | August 8, 2023
DNR Told to End Timber Cuts in Wildlife and Aquatic Management Areas ...
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