by R.T. Fitch Every Sunday we attempt to add some sort of levity and brightness to your week in an effort to recharge you for what awaits us in the 7 days that will follow. Well (never start a sentence with well as you might fall in) I […]
by Tim Pierce as published on TennesseeStar.com “Stupid knows no bounds!” The Department of the Interior (DOI) is scrapping an Obama-era policy mandating energy companies mitigate development on federal land by funding offsite environmental projects. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) — a DOI-controlled agency and the largest […]
Open Letter as published on The Buffalo Field Campaign Working for Buffalo Field Campaign this summer has been one of the best experiences of my life. Having been a volunteer, and also volunteer coordinator during the field season, I always enjoy the work I do with BFC, but […]
Alexander Nazaryan as published on Yahoo News “That specimen was found in a national monument you shrunk so you could sell mining rights,” WASHINGTON — The dinosaur was a Lythronax, a fearsome predator who lived 80 million years ago. Known as the “King of Gore,” it spent its […]
by Ula Chrobak as published on OutsideOnline.com A new study polled western voters’ views on the interior secretary, Trump’s public lands agenda, and downsizing Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Republican and Democrat, the majority of westerners don’t think Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is doing a great job. They’re especially […]
Call for Help from Grandma Gregg “THIS CANNOT HAPPEN!” If fellow advocates are writing letters to send to the Oregon BLM regarding putting a stop to the wild horse spaying surgery, then in my opinion, we should also send those letters to as many other people as possible […]
by Juliet Eilperin as published in the Washington Post Interior officials rejected material that would justify keeping protections in place and sought out evidence that could buttress the case for unraveling them… In a quest to shrink national monuments last year, senior Interior Department officials dismissed evidence that […]
By Chris D’Angelo as published on Huffington Post Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned amid at least 18 federal investigations. Zinke has tallied up nearly a dozen. For several months, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke managed to fly under the radar, as Democrats and environmental groups focused their attention […]
The BLM is Planning to Experiment On and Spay Wild Mares with an Outdated, Cruel and Deadly Procedure in Partnership with Colorado State University By Carol Walker, Director of Field Documentation, Wild Horse Freedom Federation The BLM proposes to work with USGS and Colorado State University (CSU) to […]
Source: New York Times By Christopher Solomon You might not guess from looking at him that Rob Wielgus was until recently a tenured professor of wildlife ecology. Wielgus likes to spend time in the backwoods of the American West that lie off the edge of most tourist maps, and […]
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