Bighorn sheep petroglyph Bridge Canyon Wilderness within the new Avi Kwa Ame National Monument. Photo George Wuerthner Today President Biden used his authority under the 1906 Antiquities Act to create […]
President Biden Set to Designate Avi Kwa Ame National Monument
The granite summit of Spirit Mountain in the proposed Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, Nevada. Photo George Wuerthner President Biden appears ready to designate the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument […]
Bi State Sage Grouse Reinstated As Proposed Threatened By Court
Male sage grouse strut on a lek to lure females into breeding. Photo by Bob Wick, BLM One often doesn’t get good news, but this week, the U.S. District Court […]
BLM Fails To Protect Public Patrimony Through Renewal of Grazing Privileges Without Environmental Review
BLM lands in Oregon. This kind of abuse of public patrimony is legalized vandalism. Photo George Wuerthner Western Watershed Project (WWP) recently completed a review of Bureau of Land Management […]
The Emperor Has No Clothes when it comes to cows and cheatgrass
Recently Nevada Bureau of Land Management (BLM) State Director Jon Raby suggested that the agency will try “targeted grazing” among other methods to reduce wildfires in the sagebrush ecosystem. Raby […]
Federal Court Smacks Down Bundy Land-Seizure Theories
On February 27th, Judge Gloria Navarro of the U.S. District Court of Nevada handed down a ruling with major implications for Cliven Bundy and his allies in the land-seizure movement. […]
Ely BLM Withdraws Decision to Poison, Crush and Chop Sage-grouse Habitat
White Pine County, Nev. – A Western Watersheds Project appeal forced the Ely BLM to withdraw a recent decision to destroy Wyoming big sagebrush, black sage, and pinyon-juniper communities across […]
Cliven Bundy Appeals Order to Remove Trespass Cattle or Face Seizure by BLM
The Spectrum is reporting (be sure to read both pages) that Cliven Bundy has appealed the order to remove his trespass cattle from Federal lands in southern Nevada. Bundy says he […]