Gizmodo: Burning Man’s Climate Reckoning Has Begun https://gizmodo.com/burning-man-s-climate-reckoning-has-begun-1850819525 #brightgreenenvironmentalism #bureauoflandmanagement #energydevelopment #sustainableenergy #ormattechnologies #geothermalenergy #renewableenergy #geothermalpower #blackrockdesert #jamesfaulds #environment #michaelmann #burningman #chrisrock #rituals #gerlach #grist

by #NoellePhillips in The #DenverPost:

"A veteran employee of the Bureau of Land Management in the San Luis Valley filed a whistleblower complaint Monday, saying her bosses are failing to enforce livestock grazing rules on public lands and are jeopardizing the ecosystem along the Rio Grande River...

"The Bureau has the power to impound livestock or levy fines, but managers are timid because they fear another armed standoff similar to the ones led by the Bundy family in Oregon and Nevada, Shawcroft said. In 2014 in Nevada, Cliven Bundy, his family and an armed militia organized a standoff with federal agents who had come to round up the rancher’s cows that were illegally grazing on federal land."

https://www.denverpost.com/2023/08/21/blm-whistleblower-illegal-grazing-rio-grande-river/

#BureauOfLandManagement #BLM #whistleblower #livestock #grazing #PublicLand #FederalLand #RioGrande #ClivenBundy

#SCOTUS OKs completion of #MountainValleyPipeline

The pipeline is controversial, & over the past 6 yrs, various lower federal court decisions have interrupted & delayed its construction. In the current round of #litigation, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order that temporarily blocked completion of the #pipeline while the court reviewed #ForestService & #BureauOfLandManagement authorizations for the pipeline's completion.

#JoeManchin
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1189805221/supreme-court-mountain-valley-gas-pipeline?origin=NOTIFY

Gizmodo: Biden Administration Wants to Charge Oil Companies Drastically Higher Fees for Drilling on Federal Land https://gizmodo.com/biden-administration-raises-fee-drilling-federal-land-1850664166 #climatechangepolicyintheunitedstates #bureauoflandmanagement #inflationreductionact #presidencyofjoebiden #tracystonemanning #climatechangelaw #businessfinance #greenwashing #environment #fossilfuel #nicoleghio #joebiden #biden

Shortly after the #roundup, the mares were transferred to a #BureauOfLandManagement (#BLM) corral where 28 foals were born.

Several months later, now weaned from their mothers, every single foal developed chronic colitis (inflammation of the colon). The BLM treated these young #mustangs with an aggressive round of antibiotics, the severity of which overwhelmed their fragile bodies. Selena was one of the survivors.

https://americanwildhorsecampaign.org/media/selena-survivor-against-amazing-odds?emci=e0628abb-d61c-ee11-a9bb-00224832eb73&emdi=11bac26b-b51d-ee11-a9bb-00224832eb73&ceid=11699688

"It's hard to sit through a #BureauOfLandManagement (#BLM) #WildHorse and #Burro Advisory Board meeting for a variety of reasons, but when it comes to the discussions on the Adoption Incentive Program (#AIP), it becomes almost unbearable.

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The #SanPedroRiparianNCA deserves better than to be used as a nasty cow pasture. This is a biodiversity hotspot, an important flyway, a ribbon of green in a sere landscape. #BureauofLandManagement needs to get its act together or we'll have to sue... again.... and again.... and again....

#LivestockDamage

https://tucson.com/news/local/conservationists-chart-livestock-damage-at-san-pedro-river-preserve/article_b30d4c6a-d7c1-11ed-acdf-9b01764dba19.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

This is the #BabocomariRiver in southern Arizona on the #SanPedroRiparianNCA, managed by the #BureauofLandManagement for, apparently, livestock.

The enabling legislation says "CONSERVE, PROTECT, ENHANCE" which the Bureau has interpreted to mean "Cattle, Poop, and Entitlement." New decision today allows livestock grazing to continue in these 'protected' lands.

https://westernwatersheds.org/2023/04/federal-managers-authorize-cattle-in-san-pedro-riparian-national-conservation-area/

An op-ed by our Policy Director and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER):

"These loopholes are being exploited by the energy industry and local BLM managers to the detriment of the sage grouse and the fragile sagebrush habitat they depend on."

#BureauofLandManagement #sagegrouse #sagebrush #Advocacy

https://www.wyomingnews.com/opinion/guest_column/rosenthal-and-osher-groups-sound-alarm-over-hidden-threat-to-sage-grouse-in-wyoming/article_030337e4-c8e9-11ed-8d09-4b4866a063e0.html

Photo: Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

New from me: The Biden administration is getting ready to offer hundreds of thousands of acres of public land to oil and gas companies — an order of magnitude more than the law requires.

It's not too late to change course.

https://medium.com/westwise/the-u-s-is-getting-ready-to-unnecessarily-lease-hundreds-of-thousands-of-acres-of-public-land-d16714e4c3f0

#oilandgas #bureauoflandmanagement #blmbutnotthatblm #interiordepartment

Houston, we have a problem... So much for #WaterIsLife. The #BureauofLandManagement thinks water is for mining, even at the super important biological hotspot #SanPedroRiver. To be fair, they maybe think water is important for miners to drink too. 🙄

The editorial continues:

“As BLM director from 1993-94, I got a first-hand look at how the chickens rule the roost, with industry having an outsized voice in how #public lands were managed. Fair and balanced it was not. In the intervening 30 years the BLM has suffered from underfunding, a significant brain drain as dedicated staff left or retired, and an aggressive attempt to leave it wounded beyond repair, all of which culminated in an aborted attempt to move BLM’s headquarters to Grand Junction, Colorado.

Fortunately for us, President #Biden appointed New Mexico’s own Deb Haaland to run the Interior Department and a skilled and dedicated Montanan, Tracy Stone-Manning, to bring BLM back from the brink. Together, they’re working to rebuild BLM from the ground up, and I strongly commend them for that work.

But some things are harder to fix than others, and for BLM it can be easy to fall back into its old habit of promoting #development over #conservation.”

#bureauoflandmanagement

Ars Technica: Creation of largest US lithium mine draws closer despite protest over land use https://arstechnica.com/?p=1915705 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #BureauofLandManagement #electricvehiclebattery #electricvehicle #cleanenergy #JoeBiden #lithium #Policy #mining

Creation of largest US lithium mine draws closer despite protest over land use - Enlarge / Aerial view of a dirt road leading up through The Thacker Pas... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1915705 #bureauoflandmanagement #electricvehiclebattery #electricvehicle #cleanenergy #joebiden #lithium #policy #mining

Why should #Scotland reintroduce more beavers?

“Beavers, meanwhile, can be key allies in tackling the nature and #climate emergencies. They create nature-rich #wetlands that benefit a remarkable cascade of #species, while reducing #flooding, improving #water quality and soaking up carbon dioxide. The presence of beavers can also benefit local economies through #ecotourism.”

So could 2023 be the year that we see #beavers being reintroduced widely across #Scotland? For that to happen, Scotland’s Government bodies, which between them manage 10% of the country’s land, need to step up.”

Yes, public lands are a great place to start! Are you listening, #bureauoflandmanagement #nationalparkservice #usforestservice ?

The #BureauofLandManagement issued a trespass notice to a #mining company. What next? Flying pigs? 😲

https://www.kolotv.com/2023/01/18/blm-issues-trespass-notice-mining-company/

Heather is another graduate student that I advise at #NorthDakotaStateUniversity, funded by the #BureauofLandManagement

"I received my BS in #NaturalResources Management with a minor in #Biology at NDSU. I'm currently pursuing an MS in #Environmental and #Conservation #Sciences at NDSU. My current research is a #restoration project in NE #Montana that focuses on restoring #soil microbiota under an invasive #grass species. I love #hiking, #reading, and playing the #clarinet and bass #guitar!

This is a take. #BureauofLandManagement signage at the #SanPedroRiver in #Arizona headline: "Water... for mining... for life."

Snaps from our recent exploration of Williams Hill route W15 in Southern Monterey County, California.

https://youtu.be/0bKXVfHZal4

#Photography #WilliamsHill #BLM #Offroad #BureauOfLandManagement #OffroadTrail #Offroad4x4 #PowerWagon #YouTube #OffTheBeatenTrack #FourWheelTravel

Nope. The #BureauOfLandManagement gets the $7 entry fee from the 64 daily hikers who are lucky enough to visit Coyote Buttes. The $14,400 in lottery fees that the day's hopeful hikers pay to Recreation.gov for a shot at a permit all go to a giant military contractor: Booz Allen.

I know. What. The. Actual. Fuck.

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