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Reality Check: The Facts About Protecting America’s Wild Lands

April 25, 2011 By Juli Slivka

Our western wild lands were dealt a heavy blow recently when Congress passed a bill to fund the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year with a provision that prohibits the use of funds to implement the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Lands policy. Read more

A first-hand take on the unbalanced wild lands hearing

March 1, 2011 By Brad Brooks

The House Natural Resources Committee held their first oversight hearing on the Wild Lands policy that was issued in late 2010.  I flew out from my home in Boise, Idaho to see the hearing first hand and to try and restore some balance to the conversation.   Region:  Northern Rockies Read more

Reality Check: Wild Lands Policy Myth vs. Fact

February 6, 2011 By Juli Slivka

A new Bureau of Land Management policy that protects millions of acres of wilderness quality lands across the West has come under attack.  Public support of the BLM’s Wild Lands policy is important because this new policy is our best shot at protecting many lands that we have fought to defend from degradation and abuse during the Bush administration. Read more

Wildlands and a Secretarial Order: Found in Las Vegas

November 22, 2010 By Ben Friedman

Ben enjoying the views at Red Rock Canyon. Photo by Kevin Mack.

As someone who grew up on the East Coast, words that characterize the West sound like poetry to me. Creosote. Gypsum. The Loggerhead Shrike. Bajada. The Virgin River. Even the word “arid,” which very generally describes the climate of Southern Nevada, had not been tossed around much where I grew up. These words are far more than poetic though, they represent a vast landscape that is part of ongoing discussions about the future management of the public lands in the west. Read more