Results for keyword: BLM
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Why I won't tell the BLM what I think about Otero Mesa
The writer won’t try to influence the Bureau of Land Management; he’s convinced it wants to speed oil and gas drilling on Otero Mesa
by Robert Rowley, Jun 21, 2004 -
Buying time against the energy assault
Bidding on oil and gas leases for conservation purposes in places like Delta County, Colo., could prove to be a risky strategy, some environmentalists warn
by Zachary Smith, Jun 07, 2004 -
The Last Open Range
Wyoming’s Green Mountain Common Allotment is one of the West’s last big, wide-open landscapes – but these days, ranchers, environmentalists, history buffs and the BLM are arguing over whether it’s time to start putting up fences
by Geoffrey O'Gara, Mar 01, 2004 -
Rollbacks on the range
The Bureau of Land Management plans to revise its Clinton-era grazing regulations, and critics say the changes will let ranchers ride roughshod over the public lands
by Jodi Peterson, Feb 16, 2004 -
Proposed wilderness on the auction block
A list of the wilderness inventory areas and citizens’ wilderness proposal areas being offered for oil and gas leasing by the BLM includes lands in New Mexico, Wyoming, Colorado and Utah
by Matt Jenkins, Jan 19, 2004 -
In New Mexico, a homegrown wilderness bill makes headway
In northwestern New Mexico, the Coalition for New Mexico Wilderness is working with Zia Pueblo to preserve a rugged patch of the state as the Ojito Wilderness Area
by Joshua Garrett-Davis, Jan 19, 2004 -
Two decades of hard work, plowed under
The Bush administration opens up wild lands to oil and gas drilling, pulling the rug out from under two decades of citizen wilderness activism
by Matt Jenkins, Jan 19, 2004 -
Lost in the wilderness of power politics
The kind of democratic dialogue that creates viable wilderness proposals is impossible in the current wilderness of power politics
by Paul Larmer, Jan 19, 2004 -
The BLM is blowing in the wind
The Bureau of Land Management is studying the prospects for developing wind energy on Western public lands
by Jodi Peterson, Nov 24, 2003 -
Bill would redraw the boundaries of national monument
Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg, R, wants to yank private lands out of the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, but some local ranchers fear his bill will just make it harder for them to sell their property.
by Mark Matthews, Oct 27, 2003
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