Nada Culver

Senior Counsel, BLM Action Center
Central Rockies Regional Office

Office: 303-650-5818 x 117 Email

Nada is Director and Senior Counsel of The Wilderness Society's BLM Action Center. Nada brings the Action Center more over a decade of legal experience working on environmental issues including energy development, environmental remediation and nuclear energy. Her previous work also gives Nada insight into some of the pressures that the Bureau of Land Management receives from development interests.

Nada is available to provide technical assistance and advice on BLM planning issues.

Recent Publications

• Morton, P., C. Weller, J. Thomson, M. Haefele, and N. Culver. 2004. Drilling in the Rocky Mountains: How Much and at What Cost? Economic Analysis. Washington, DC, The Wilderness Society.
• Analysis of Habitat Fragmentation from Oil and Gas Development: A framework for Public Land Management Planning

Recently Published on Wilderness.org:

Travel Planning Methods to Address Habitat Fragmentation from Roads
Westwide Energy Corridors Factsheet
The Wilderness Society’s Comments on the Draft West-Wide Energy Corridors PEIS
Comments on Proposed Designation of National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors
Governors Request NIETC Delay
Letter to Interior Department about violation of public comment laws on oil shale regulations
Habitat Fragmentation from Roads: Travel Planning Methods to Safeguard BLM Lands
Analysis of Current Federal Actions Authorizing Drilling of New Wells
Analysis of Otero Mesa Record of Decision and Resource Management Plan Amendment
Designation of Energy Corridors Under the Energy Policy Act of 2005
West-Wide Energy Corridors: Key Points
BLM's Competitive Oil and Gas Leasing and Drilling Process
Overview of BLM Oil and Gas Leasing and Drilling Process
BLM Planning Process: A Flowchart
Glossary of BLM Terms and Acronyms
Statements in Support of Fixing the West-wide Energy Corridors
West-wide Energy Corridors Complaint
Testimony of Nada Culver before House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming Hearing on Solar Energy Development
Scoping Comments on the Solar Energy PEIS
Comments on the Draft PEIS for Geothermal Energy
Comments on the Draft PEIS for Wind Energy
Number of APDs Approved and Number of Wells Spud During the Year on Federal Lands (Oil and Gas)
Total Acres Leased and Producible Acres on Federal Land (Oil and Gas)
Comments on the Little Snake Draft RMP
Fact Sheet: Governor's Consistency Review
Beyond Multiple Use: BLM Action Center Presentation at Decade of Discovery Symposium
Supplemental Comments on the TriCounty RMPs
Scoping Comments on Southeast Oregon and Lakeview RMP Amendments
Why our agreement for Desolation Canyon is a huge victory
Washington County Scoping Comments
Abandonment of Wilderness Protection-- The Facts
Wilderness Briefing Document Highlights Threats to Valuable Lands
The Facts: The Bureau of Land Managements New Wild Lands Policy
The Facts: Plenty of Room for BLM's New Wild Lands Policy
The Facts: New Data Shows Over 29,000,000 Acres of Idle Federal Oil and Gas Leases
Bush Policy on Lands Is Reversed
Western Stakeholders Call for Support of Interior Secretary Wild Lands Policy
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
User's Guide: Understanding and implementing Wild Lands policy
Victory with a Capital “T”
Sitting Pretty:
Solar Interim Policy Priorities
TWS et al. Comments on the Supplement to the Draft Solar PEIS