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Look Before You Leap Off the Natural Gas Bridge: Lessons from the Rockies PDF

This five-part presentation by our Director of Economics, Pete Morton, provides a cautionary tale for those proposing to increase natural gas drilling – based on the lessons learned from the recent natural gas drilling boom in the Rockies.

Panel discusses pine beetle outbreak AUDIO

Listen in on a panel discussion hosted by The Wilderness Society on the pine beetle problem and how the federal government and local communities can work together to protect people, property and natural resources.

Map of Designated Section 368 Energy Corridors and Existing and Proposed Coal Fired Power Plants MAP PDF

This map shows how the designated West-wide energy corridors run directly to existing and proposed coal fired power plants, facilitating the continued reliance on this dirty fossil fuel.

Success! 2 Million New Acres of Wilderness! VIDEO

Read more... - Tremendous day for Wilderness - Wilderness bill back on track - U.S. Senate Passes Huge Public Lands Bill!

Comments on the Western Governors’ Association Western Renewable Energy Zones Qualified Resource Areas maps and tables PDF

The Western Governors' Association (WGA) released draft maps of proposed Qualified Resource Areas as part of its Western Renewable Energy Zones (WREZ) process. These comments provide WGA with information to help them further minimize environmental conflicts while promoting clean, renewable energy development in the West.

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.

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.

Legal Status of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule PDF

The Roadless Area Conservation Rule was adopted by the U.S. Forest Service on January 12, 2001, after the most extensive public involvement in the history of federal rulemaking. The Roadless Rule generally prohibited road construction and timber cutting in 58.5 million acres of inventoried roadless areas, covering about 30 percent of the National Forest System. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Rule’s legality in 2002, but a Wyoming district ruled otherwise a year later.

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