Search results for: “Public lands”
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Inside Utah’s PR Campaign to Seize Public Lands
Utah used actors, AI, stagecraft and NDAs as it sought to sway public opinion and take control of 18.5 million acres of federal public land In light of the immediate and severe threats to our public lands from the current bill in congress to sell off some 3.2 million acres of our shared heritage, this…
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Public Lands Welfare Ranchers Again Subsidized By Taxpayers
Livestock are grazed on all federal lands, including national parks and wildlife refuges. Still, most livestock grazing occurs on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the US Forest Service. Even specially protected landscapes that are supposed to be managed for natural conditions, like designated Wilderness areas, are grazed by domestic animals.…
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Book Review: The Other Public Lands: Preservation, Extraction, and Politics on the Fifty States’ Natural Resource Lands
Both a need and opportunities exist to elevate the conservation status of state public lands.
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House Tax Bill Accelerates Public Lands Resource Exploitation
The debate over provisions in the recently approved House tax legislation (Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill) has numerous environmentally destructive provisions which I will get to in a moment. However, one victory amid the unbridled promotion of resource development was the removal of an amendment that permitted the sale of 450,000 acres of public lands across…
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Join the Healthy Public Lands Conference: May 28-30th
Public lands belong to all of us, and protecting them requires collaboration, strategy, and action. That’s why we want to share an important event happening May 28-30, 2025 The Healthy Public Lands Conference is a gathering of advocates, experts, and community members working to address the challenges facing our public lands. From overgrazing and habitat…
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Nature Conservancy Models Used to Maul Public Lands, Wildlife and Watersheds
In a recent article on the plight of the Pinyon Jay, I mentioned a major new 550,000 acre Cedar City BLM Pinyon-Juniper deforestation proposal, the Indian Peak Watershed Restoration Plan, on the Utah-Nevada border. BLM’s scoping letter described: “To better understand current ecological conditions, forecast future trends, and develop conservation strategies, BLM partnered with the…
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Public Lands are Central To Democracy
A few weeks ago, I watched a pack of wolves in Yellowstone National Park with perhaps several dozen other visitors. Everyone was excited to glimpse one of the Park’s packs. People with scopes and telephoto lenses shared the view. “Here, take a look through my scope,” was a familiar invitation. The group’s camaraderie reminded me…
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The Monetization of Public Lands
The Trump administration believes that unless it can be sold or collateralized, it has no value.