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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.

National Landscape Conservation System: Protecting National Monuments and America's Hidden Treasures PDF

The National Landscape Conservation System is innovative because it: emphasizes the protection of large and contiguous “landscapes” that are needed to safeguard habitat for plants and animals and preserve historic, cultural, and archeological sites; is intended to preserve the remote and wild character of these landscapes; is intended to serve as an outdoor laboratory where current and future generations can study prehistoric life and environments, human history, and the application of scientific knowledge to improving land management.

The Antiquities Act of 1906 and the Hidden Treasures of the American West PDF

Since Congress passed the Antiquities Act in 1906, presidents — Republicans and Democrats alike — have used the Act more than 100 times to preserve some of our most spectacular and historically important public lands. Although its title suggests a focus on archaeology (ruins, petroglyphs, etc.), the Antiquities Act gives the president the power to protect all forms of American history – natural, scientific, and archaeological – by designating National Monuments.

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