The Bureau of Land Management is preparing a Resource Management Plan (RMP) for 6.7 million acres of public land in Alaska, including Steese National Conservation Area, the White Mountains National Recreation Area, and the upper Black River and Fortymile areas.
In 2012, the Bureau of Land Management released Manual 6330, which replaced the agency's longstanding policy for management of Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs), known as the Interim Management Policy for Lands Under Wilderness Review (IMP).
On April 16, 2013, The Wilderness Society Director of Conservation Funding Alan Rowsome gave testimony to the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee.
April 12, 2013 letter to Members of Congress in support of the Department of the Interior’s New Energy Frontier initiative for renewable energy. The Department of the Interior’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget request is $96.9 million for this program.
This guide is intended to highlight the most important elements of the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM’s) decisions in the agency’s western solar plan so that conservationists can effectively use the policy to protect wilderness-quality lands, wildlife h
