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BLM ACTION CENTER

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

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Oregon’s Ancient Forests Win! Logging plans withdrawn at last

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July 17, 2009 - As I sat down at my computer yesterday morning and looked at my overflowing email inbox, a new unread email subject line caught my eye: “Secretary Salazar to Announce Decision on Pacific Northwest Forest Management.” The day had come! The Obama Administration would finally decide the fate of Oregon’s ancient forests, which have been under serious threat from a Bush-era plan that proposed to more than double the amount of logging on some 2.6 million acres of Bureau of Land Management forests. more

Will solar energy prove a win-win for wildlands?

July 6, 2009 - Unlike conventional energy production, we don't have to raze mountaintops or drill into our national wildlife refuges to access energy provided by the sun. Huge swaths of the Southwest receive enough sun to power utility-scale solar energy projects. Not only does solar energy not run out: it also runs wide. In fact, in the Southwestern United States alone, the sun provides enough energy to power our country 6 times over! more

Controversial Utah oil and gas leases are flawed

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June 29, 2009 - Utah's treasured public lands got a reprieve June 11 when the Department of the Interior released a report confirming that the process used for the December 2009 sale of 77 Utah oil and gas leases was flawed. more

Court's rejection of drilling in New Mexico's Otero Mesa may be heard across the West

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April 30, 2009 - Our victory on New Mexico's Otero Mesa this week took a turn for the pithy in the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals' decision rejecting the Bureau of Land Management's drilling scheme for the mesa. If you're not familiar with Otero Mesa, it occupies a blank spot on the map between Las Cruces and Carlsbad, and, at 1.2 million acres, it's the largest untouched Chihuahuan Desert grassland found anywhere in the United States. more