Public Denied Comment on Resource Management Plans
Twelve recently released land management plans for Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming are getting quite a reaction. They exclude an opportunity for the public to protest, in order to speed the development of oil shale.
“This administration willingly sacrificed good governance in favor of using their last days in office to fork more public lands over to the oil and gas industry,” said Nada Culver, senior counsel for The Wilderness Society’s (TWS) BLM Action Center. “In this case, the BLM denied the public its basic right to protest land management plans that could affect their ways of life. Unfortunately, this denial also violates federal law.”
Nearly 105,000 comments were submitted in response to the previous Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) earlier this year, indicating significant public concern over the contents of these plans, and no adjustments were made as a result.
The Wilderness Society submitted a letter of protest today.
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Mike Anderson, J.D.
Mike has been with The Wilderness Society since 1985. His main focus is national forest management and policy, ranging from roadless area conservation to watershed restoration. He also helps coordinate all of The Wilderness Society's litigation activities.
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