Results for keyword: BLM
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They should shoot horses, shouldn't they?
Wild horses are not native to the West, and they do not deserve our protection
by Ted Williams, Dec 11, 2006 -
Two weeks in the West
Hopi and Navajo tribes settle boundary dispute; oil shale returns to western Colorado; Northern Cheyenne open coal reserves to development; judge upholds critical habitat designation for "vernal pools" in California and Oregon; red tree vole wins protecti
by Staff, Nov 27, 2006 -
Doing something about 'anything'
In this issue, Ray Ring offers a top 10 list on the midterm elections and reminds Westerners that the newly empowered Democrats in Congress are still not the sole arbiters of environmental policy
by John Mecklin, Nov 27, 2006 -
BLM busted for booting whistleblower
BLM ordered to pay whistleblower Earle Dixon
by Staff, Oct 16, 2006 -
Is the great federal land debate over?
Two trends are almost as dangerous as the idea of directly selling off the public lands: land transfers done in the name of economic development, and the outsourcing of jobs in the federal land-management agencies.
by John Freemuth, Sep 18, 2006 -
When can the BLM say 'no'?
BLM and Forest Service officials say they have little power to prevent drilling in an area once it’s been OK’d for leasing, but critics say the government simply refuses to use its power
by Jodi Peterson, Sep 04, 2006 -
The anatomy of an energy lease
The BLM’s decision to lease land for energy exploration in the watersheds of Grand Junction and Palisade, Colo., reveals the way oil and gas leasing works
by Jodi Peterson, Sep 04, 2006 -
How we lost our ranch to gas drilling
A rancher recounts how oil drilling destroyed her rural lifestyle and forced her and her husband to sell their western Colorado ranch
by Rosemary Bilchak, Aug 21, 2006 -
Safety first
Steve Ficklin is an oil and gas safety inspector for the Bureau of Land Management in western Colorado
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Aug 21, 2006 -
Two weeks in the West
Third parties can no longer challenge public-land sales to mining companies; BLM violated NEPA in leasing Utah wilderness-quality parcels to oil and gas companies; Divine Strake weapons test at Nevada Test Site delayed; Congress reforms conservation easement
by Staff, Aug 21, 2006






