The Wilderness Society Letter to the House Ways and Means Chairman, Congressman David Camp (Mich.), regarding proposals to reduce the federal deficit by eliminating tax dedutions for charitable giving.
On December 23, 2010, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced a new policy that requires the Bureau of Land Management to inventory its lands for wilderness characteristics and protect those values.
The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 gave the Bureau of Land Management authority to inventory its lands for wilderness characteristics and protect those values by designating wilderness study areas.
In a letter to Congress, The Wilderness Society's Vice President for Public Policy, Melanie Beller asks Members and Senators to send a message to the EPA thanking them for doing all they can do to protect our public health.
The purpose of the stewardship contracting authority is to allow public land managers to achieve land management goals while meeting local rural community needs.
The sun shines almost year round on Arizona, and with strong local support for renewable energy, proximity to urban energy markets, and transmission to carry power to these areas, it is a great place for solar energy development.