BLM corruption

  • Sage Steppe Wild Stops the Nature Conservancy from Bulldozing the Bear’s Ears National Monument

    Jonathan Ratner

    At the behest of the oddly named Nature Conservancy, the BLM approved a massive construction project to create more than 7 miles of new roads and 13 new reservoirs within the Indian Creek allotment on the Bear’s Ears National Monument. The BLM claimed that bulldozing the Monument protected the Monument, including all the objects, including…

  • Climate Breakdown – Losing Aspen Forests in the West

    John Carter

    The Aspen Decline What will our forests in the west be like in fall without those golden yellow leaves shining in the sun?  Aspen forests in the Intermountain West support levels of biodiversity only exceeded by riparian (stream) communities.  In this time of Climate Breakdown, aspen have been declining due to drought and temperature stress,…

  • How Not to be Cowed!

    Jonathan Ratner

    In late May, Sage Steppe Wild convened a training workshop lead by a wide range of experts in western ecology, with a focus on how citizens can be more effective advocates for our public lands. The How Not to be Cowed workshop was a great success, and about 20 people traveled to this remote rangeland…

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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.”

Raveena Tandon

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