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NATIONAL LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM

Protecting the hidden treasures of lands managed by the BLM

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Your newest national monument: Obama protects California's Fort Ord

A local resident of Fort Ord National Monument

Credit: Conservation Lands Foundation

April 24, 2012 - Just 48 hours before Earth Day, President Obama designated Fort Ord, California, a national monument. This did not come as a surprise to the citizens of California’s central coast, and those who supported preserving the former military base's rich history and lush nature. For months, local and national war veterans, local business owners, hikers, mountain bikers and elected officials were calling for the Fort Ord's protection. more

Jeff Jarvis leadership award handed out to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument leader

Wolverine Bench- within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Credit: Photo by the Bureau of Land Management

February 27, 2012 - Venture into Southern Utah and you will find yourself surrounded by multicolored cliffs, plateaus, mesas, buttes, pinnacles and canyons that glow in the sunlight. Nearly two million acres of this land make up the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument- a scientific and geological wonder within a spectacular wilderness.  more

The Sneak Attack on America’s Lands

Mallard Lake in Acadia National Park could be under Border Patrol jurisdiction under a bill in the House

Credit: USFWS

October 3, 2011 - While public attention has been intently focused on the economy and concerns about the federal deficit, members of the House Natural Resources Committee have quietly initiated a sneak attack on America's wild places -- our parks, refuges, forests, historical monuments, and wildlife habitats. more

Stand up to Congress! Don’t allow industry to buy out our wilderness

Great Blue Heron at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Mass. Refuges would suffer massive cuts under current proposals.

Credit: Ken Andrews, USFWS

September 23, 2011 - How is it that an oil and gas industry rolling in profits can manage to receive government subsidies and tax breaks while conservation programs that are only a small part of the federal budget are threatened with the ax as Congress attempts to balance America’s budget? more