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  • The leasing protest game

    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, Apr 14, 2008

  • The hazards of the leasing game

    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, Apr 14, 2008

  • Where the rubber leaves the road

    Colorado's new off-road vehicle bill expands enforcement

    by Evelyn Schlatter, Mar 31, 2008

  • Red Desert rarity

    Wyoming moves to protect Adobe Town – but will the feds follow suit?

    by James Yearling, Dec 06, 2007

  • Public lands precedent?

    The Bureau of Land Management pulls parcels from a Utah lease sale -- but the action may not mean what conservationists think it does.

    by James Yearling, Oct 12, 2007

  • The BLM plays with fire in Oregon

    Pepper Trail says the BLM’s preferred alternative for an Oregon forest will only increase the risk of wildfire.

    by Pepper Trail, Oct 08, 2007

  • Free range

    The Bureau of Land Management exempts grazing permit renewals and other activities from environmental oversight.

    by B. Christine Hoekenga, Sep 07, 2007

  • A dustup over weed control

    Some environmentalists are unhappy about the BLM’s plans to spray herbicides for weed control, but many public-land managers say it’s the only way to tackle the invasion of flammable weeds.

    by Eve Rickert, Sep 03, 2007

  • A dustup over weed control

    The BLM’s plans to spray nearly a million acres with herbicides have some environmentalists fuming, but biologists and land managers welcome the policy.

    by Eve Rickert, Jul 24, 2007

  • When mud-boggers rip up the land, penalize them

    Mike Beagle urges public-land agencies to ticket land-wrecking off-road riders.

    by Mike Beagle, Jun 18, 2007
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