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The Pinedale Anticline Working Group was supposed to give citizens input on the local oil and gas boom, but it hasn’t worked out as planned.
by Rebecca Huntington,
Nov 18, 2008
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While the nation is distracted by the election, the Bush administration races ahead with environmental policy changes.
by Sarah Gilman ,
Nov 04, 2008
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Brand-new resource management plans from Utah’s BLM welcome ATVs and energy development onto some of the state’s most fragile land.
by Emily Steinmetz,
Oct 13, 2008
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The results of a scientific study on the effects of dust on rock art are somehow “lost” in the haze of Barrett Corporation’s drilling in Utah’s Nine Mile Canyon.
by Keith Kloor,
Aug 29, 2008
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The BLM auctioned leases on 54,631 acres in Western Colorado to the natural gas industry for a record $114 million.
by Emily Steinmetz, Andrea Appleton, Marty Durlin,
Aug 08, 2008
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BLM flip-flops on solar and expedites oil and gas; Western Governors’ Association talks about energy; more fossil fuel risks; good (and bad) salmon news.
by Ray Ring,
Jul 21, 2008
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Seth Shteir is appalled at the prospect of a gigantic
landfill planned for the fragile desert landscape next to Joshua
Tree National Park.
by Seth Shteir,
Jul 16, 2008
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On public lands throughout the West, hikers, bikers,
horseback riders and off-roaders compete for trail space, while
beleaguered land-managers struggle to come up with workable forest
management plans.
by Sarah Gilman,
Jun 09, 2008
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Conservationists can file formal protests when the BLM
wants to auction off public land to energy companies, but the
differences between regional management plans and styles make the
protest game little more than a crapshoot.
by April Reese,
Jul 16, 2008
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Protecting environmentally sensitive Western lands from
the current oil and gas frenzy is a challenge to the
conservationists who file protests with the BLM.
by Paul Larmer,
Jul 16, 2008
