B.L.M.
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Can you even imagine that these things are kept secret? Western Watersheds Project and Wild Earth Guardians are suing to make public that which should open and free to all. Story on Fox12Idaho News. Environmental groups sue BLM for grazing info. Associated Press
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BrightSource Energy drops project in marvelous desert valley with bighorn sheep- Disputed Solar Energy Project in California Desert Is Dropped. By Elisabeth Rosenthal. New York Times. This had been a great Mohave Desert controversy, prompting Senator Feinstein to propose the area as a national monument instead. BrightSource says they are now looking for new site…
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Things are finally looking up a bit for the 9-million acre proposal to conserve some of Utah’s finest BLM canyonlands- This bill has been wandering the wilderness for a long time, but now a supporter chairs the important House committee — Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz. The finally got a hearing. Odds against are long because Congress…
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Elk numbers depend not just on birth minus mortality, but on square miles of area where they can find something to eat- There are many places in the West where elk could live and thrive if they had something to eat, but they don’t. Livestock is the reason. Aside from those areas of continuous forest…
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BLM and DuPont held accountable for killing crops which neighbor public lands by applying Oust in southern Idaho after wildfires. Jury finds agency, DuPont negligent in land case Associated Press
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24,000 more acres won’t be leased- This is on top of the near million acres in the Wyoming Range, Salt River Range, and Commissary Ridge recently withdrawn from leasing by Congress in the Omnibus Public Lands Act. BLM cuts energy leasing in Wyoming Range. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole Daily.
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135 expected to be released to keep total herd size near 185- BLM rounds up 364 wild horses. By Todd Adams. Challis Messenger. Photo of the roundup (from the Messenger)
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McCain’s opposition swept aside as new head of Bureau of Land Management confirmed by U.S. Senate- Senate Confirms Abbey to Lead BLM. The architect of the Great Basin Restoration initiative takes the helm at BLM. By David Frey. New West. Abbey has generally gotten good reviews from conservation groups. It’s about time BLM got a…