Department of Interior

  • BLM authorizes Grand Canyon uranium exploration

    Ralph Maughan

    Exploration can begin immediately- BLM authorizes Grand Canyon uranium exploration.By Eric Bontrager. New York Times. BLM Defies Congress, Authorizes Grand Canyon Uranium Exploration. by Mcjoan. The Daily Kos. “This is not a positive development from Salazar’s Interior Department.” In my view Obama’s public land policies are turning out to be no better than George W.…

  • Interior staff's top seats in limbo

    Ralph Maughan

    Despite nominations by the President, only Ken Salazar has been approved by the U.S. Senate- One reason we haven’t seen much change in the B.L.M., National Park Service, etc. is that Senate Republicans are holding up action on the nominations. Interior staff’s top seats in limbo. Politics » Hatch and Bennett oppose nominee, adding to…

  • Lawyers ask judge to split sweeping grazing suit

    Brian Ertz

    This morning arguments were heard in federal court concerning a Justice Department’s motion to split up WWP’s giant (over 25 million acre) BLM lawsuit into several district courts rather than to have one judge hear the case. Lawyers ask judge to split sweeping grazing suit – Todd Dvorak, Associated Press Laird Lucas, WWP’s lawyer and…

  • Bogus oil and gas bid folk hero to be prosecuted by Obama Administration

    Ralph Maughan

    U. student hoped for mercy from Obama’s team, but no luck- Bogus bidder: BLM auction monkey-wrencher faces two felonies. Drilling . U. student hoped for mercy from Obama’s team, but no luck. By Patty Henetz. The Salt Lake Tribune. Added 4/4/2009. Did DeChristopher’s outspokenness seal his fate? By Patty Henetz. The Salt Lake Tribune. Is…

  • Feinstein seeks to block solar power from [some] desert land

    Ralph Maughan

    Bill would protect large land donation to the federal government from massive solar industrialization- We ran a story on this the other day. Group sees ‘violation of trust’ WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY: It brokered a BLM deal to protect the desert acres that are now being opened to development. Now Senator Feinstein is determined that the fund…

  • Group sees 'violation of trust'

    Ken Cole

    WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY: It brokered a BLM deal to protect the desert acres that are now being opened to development. Group sees ‘violation of trust’ By JANET ZIMMERMAN The Press-Enterprise

  • Good news. Western Watersheds Project Wins Appeal Of Grazing Decision On 412,000 Acres Of Arizona Desert

    Ralph Maughan

    This helps makes up a bit for the bad news on wolves today- Tucson, Arizona Today, a federal judge reversed the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to allow livestock grazing on 412,000 acres of public land managed by the Bureau’s Kingman Field Office. Saying, “Cattle are not ghosts. They are bigger and heavier than any…

  • Western lands: Obama should pick Martha Hahn for BLM

    Ralph Maughan

    Western lands: Obama should pick Hahn for BLM. From Daniel’s News and Views. – – – – Note: Daniel Patterson is in the Arizona legislature, and he keeps a worthwhile blog.

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

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