The BLM Action Center is proud to present the 2011 CAPE awards – a top ten list of this year’s greatest moments for the spectacular landscapes managed by the BLM.
The Comparative Analysis of Particular Excellence (CAPE) rating system, inspired by the superhero-like character of the Action Center team (able to leap tall stacks of Resource Management Plans in a single bound), ranges from one CAPE on the low end (worth a pat on the back) to five CAPEs on the high end (HUGE PROGRESS-- WAY TO GO!).
These comments were submitted to the BLM on November 25, 2011, regarding the draft resource management plan for southern Arizona's Sonoran Desert National Monument and Lower Sonoran Field Office.
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Phoenix District
Ecologists have long recognized that the loss of core habitat and habitat connectivity pose the greatest threats to species persistence and overall biodiversity. As the federal land management agency responsible for the majority of our western public lands, the Bureau of Land Management is in prime position to take the lead on identifying and protecting wildlife corridors to ensure that usable habitat and migration pathways remain.
Spanish language radio, KCNL in San Francisco, talked with The Wilderness Society's Alex Daue about the current status of our nation's development of a solar energy siting program.
In the sizzling Chihuahuan desert of New Mexico, blue skies are the norm and the sun packs a punch, making for huge solar development potential in the region. The state’s great potential for solar includes three Solar Energy Zones (SEZs) proposed by the BLM on public lands. With the needed refinements detailed here, New Mexico’s proposed SEZs are very good areas for solar development.
