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Needed policy reforms not hindering natural gas production PDF

This Science and Policy Brief examines necessary policy reforms for natural gas production through these key points:

BLM Data Shows Vast Federal Acreage Under Oil & Gas Leases That Are Not Developed PDF

Data recently released by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) solidly refutes industry allegations that the Obama Administration somehow has not made enough federal lands available for drilling and energy development. As data shows, industry controls tens of millions of acres of federal lands that have not been developed or not developed fully.

Idaho Court Decision on BLM domestic sheep grazing PDF

On  October 14, 2009, Judge Lynn Winmill granted our motion to not allow grazing on one of the last remaining BLM domestic sheep grazing allotments in the Salmon River corridor due to domestic/bighorn sheep conflicts. The turnout date was supposed to be October 15, and this represents the first time the allotment has ever been closed since the 1930’s. For the time being, this will effectively end all public lands domestic sheep grazing on public land in the main Salmon River corridor where the highest threat to bighorn sheep exists.

Comments on BLM Solar Energy Study Areas PDF

These comments were submitted by TWS and our partner groups to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on September 14, 2009, on the Solar Energy Study Areas (SESAs) proposed by the agency as part of its Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for solar energy development.

Testimony: Impacts of Climate Change on America's National Parks PDF

This document is a written copy of testimony of Melyssa L. Watson, Senior Director for Wilderness, The Wilderness Society, before the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. The testimony was given April 7, 2009.

BLM Plans Open for Comment PDF

BLM-Alaska is amending the Ring of Fire Resource Management Plan to address recreation and special designations. Find details on BLM planning efforts for Alaska and other areas which are now open to public involvement and comment. Learn how to make your voice heard on these important plans that will decide how our public lands will be managed.

Selected Federal Lands in the United States MAP PDF

This map illustrates Bureau of Land Management, United States Forest Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service areas.

Oil Shale Fact Sheet: Background PDF

At the tail end of the Bush presidency, the Bureau of Land Management worked overtime to grease the skids for turning over large tracks of western public lands to international oil companies that want to commercially develop the West’s oil shale resources, no matter the environmental, economic, and social costs to our wild lands and local communities.

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