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Protecting and conserving Bureau of Land Management lands across the western United States.

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Protections made official for Colorado's Vermillion Basin

August 13, 2010 - After a decade long struggle, The Wilderness Society and partners are pleased to announce new protections from oil and gas drilling for Northwest Colorado’s magnificent Vermillion Basin. A total of 77,000 acres of Vermillion Basin will be protected as part of the area’s new resource management plan, released by the Bureau of Land Management’s Little Snake field office on Aug. 13. more

Why our agreement for Desolation Canyon is a huge victory

August 12, 2010 - As an environmental attorney for one of our nation’s oldest conservation groups, much of my time is spent in search of solutions for the growing threats to our public lands and wilderness areas. Reading case law, mulling over permit applications and environmental assessments, and meeting with our regional partners to facilitate sound approaches to land management are just a few of the tasks I deal with each day. more

Saving Utah’s Desolation Canyon: A new fate for this rafter’s mecca

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August 5, 2010 - Eastern Utah’s famed Desolation Canyon is well known as many things: rafter’s playground, archeological treasure trove, icon of the Old West. Now this emphatically rugged stretch of the Green River adds conservation history to its lore. On July 30, after years of negotiation, conservation groups, led by our partner the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, resolved a long-running struggle over natural gas drilling around Desolation Canyon, one of the wildest stretches of river land in the U.S. West. more

Wind energy guidelines are a promising start

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August 4, 2010 - Recently a group of conservationists, wind developers, Native American tribes, and state environmental officials sent a list of recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior on how best to avoid and minimize wind energy impacts on wildlife habitats.  Now that new bills are emerging in Congress that address solar and wind generation on public lands, these recommendations can help sha more