Last week, Secretary Zinke quietly issued new instructions to BLM to rapidly open up tons of public land for new oil and gas leasing, while cutting out the public’s voice in that process.
Read MoreNew legislation would codify the President’s illegal rollback of Bears Ears National Monument and further strip Americans of their voice on how these lands are managed.
Read MoreThe president’s actions today in Utah are an insult to Americans who love public lands.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, November 28, the full House of Representatives is voting on a bill to force through two controversial mining projects on the edge of the Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota.
Read MoreThis week, the full House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 2936, the “Resilient Federal Forests Act,” introduced by Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR). Under the guise of addressing fire, the bill proposes a number of deeply problematic provisions, including removing all required environmental analysis and public process under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) from the development of forest plans, the management blueprints for national forests, which last 15 to 20 years, or more.
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