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BLM solicits help in expanding humane wild horse fertility control

May 12, 2022

A wild horse advocate says the move marks “a significant shift towards humane on-range management of wild horses and away from cruel, costly helicopter roundups.”

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Proposed lithium mine in Nevada would damage ancestral lands, critics say

Apr 12, 2022

A proposed lithium mine along the Nevada-Oregon border would produce critical materials for electric car batteries along with local jobs, but critics say the damage to the environment, including the ancestral lands of multiple tribes, isn't worth it.

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Report: BLM skips mandatory analysis of grazing impacts

Mar 31, 2022

A new analysis finds the Bureau of Land Management has been renewing grazing permits on millions of acres of public lands without performing environmental reviews.

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 Patrick Donnelly takes a photograph of a trespassing cow in Gold Butte National Monument in southern Nevada.

Why won't Biden touch the Bundys?

Jan 18, 2022

The Biden administration has moved to crack down on violent domestic extremists over the past year. But it's given the Bundy family — whose militant actions presaged the Capitol insurrection, and who continue to illegally graze cattle on public lands — a pass.

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Feds Rounding Up Thousands of Wild Horses Threatened By Drought

Aug 27, 2021

An adoption program could spare 6,000 wild horses suffering extreme drought. Opponents fear some will meet a worse fate at slaughterhouses.

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Interior Secretary Advocates For Big Budget Increase On Capitol Hill

Jul 27, 2021

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland faced lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday as she advocated for an $18 billion budget increase for her department next year. The money would go towards advancing renewable energy projects, expanding wildland fire programs and boosting public safety on reservations.

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Tracy Stone-Manning (left) was named in 2012 by Gov.-elect Steve Bullock to run the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, in Helena, Mont. Stone-Manning has been nominated by President Joe Biden to lead an agency that oversees about a quarter-bill

Biden's Public Lands Nominee To Be Grilled By Senate, Unlike Trump's Pick

Jun 08, 2021
If confirmed, environmental leader Tracy Stone-Manning would be the first permanent director of the Bureau of Land Management in four years.
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Biden Taps Montana Environmentalist For US Public Lands Boss

Apr 23, 2021

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A longtime environmental advocate and Democratic aide has been nominated by President Joe Biden to oversee roughly a quarter-billion acres of federally owned land in Western states.

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Environmental Attorney To Lead Bureau of Land Management

Feb 25, 2021

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — The Bureau of Land Management announced that an attorney who previously worked on agency issues for environmental groups will serve as the new deputy director.

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This Nov. 18 photo, provided by the Utah Department of Public Safety, shows a metal monolith in the ground in a remote area in Utah. The mysterious monolith has disappeared less than 10 days after it was spotted by wildlife biologists.

Metallic Monolith In Utah Vanishes Just As Mysteriously As It Appeared

Nov 29, 2020
After its discovery in a remote location in Red Rock Country more than a week ago, the metallic prism has inspired theories to its origin. Officials say it was removed by an "unknown party" on Friday.
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Governor Asks Court To Block Actions By Trump's Land Boss

Oct 06, 2020

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana's governor is asking a judge to block three sweeping land use plans that would open most U.S.-owned lands in the state to energy development.

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Lawsuit Seeks Emergency Listing Of Rare Nevada Wildflower

Oct 01, 2020

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Environmentalists are suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to try to force the emergency listing of a rare wildflower as an endangered species after much of its population was destroyed at the site of a proposed lithium mine in Nevada.

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U.S. Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William "Perry" Pendley speaks at a conference for journalists in Fort Collins, Colo., last year.

Trump To Appeal Removal Of 'Polarizing' Public Lands Chief

Sep 30, 2020
The White House says it will appeal a federal court ruling ousting William Perry Pendley, who led the Bureau of Land Management for more than 400 days without Senate confirmation.
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Judge Removes Trump Public Lands Boss For Serving Unlawfully

Sep 28, 2020

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration's leading steward of public lands has been serving unlawfully and blocked him from continuing in the position.

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3 Large Corrals Approved For Western US Wild Horse Roundups

Aug 22, 2020

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The federal Bureau of Land Management has approved construction of three corrals to hold more than 8,000 wild horses captured on federal rangeland.

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Montana Governor Presses To Remove Trump's Public Lands Boss

Aug 20, 2020

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is asking a federal court to take swift action to remove the Trump administration's chief steward of public lands.

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Public Lands Chief Hangs On Despite Nomination Getting Nixed

Aug 19, 2020

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A former oil industry attorney will continue for now calling the shots at a government agency that oversees nearly a quarter-billion public acres in the U.S. West.

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Environment
President Trump nominated William Perry Pendley in June to lead the Bureau of Land Management, but it has never been clear he had enough support to win confirmation in the Senate.

Trump To Withdraw Polarizing Nominee To Lead Bureau Of Land Management

Aug 15, 2020
The Trump administration is planning to withdraw William Perry Pendley as its nominee to lead the agency. Pendely has faced criticism for past statements in support of selling off public land.
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Land Management Bureau Removes Utah Area From Upcoming Sale

Aug 13, 2020

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — The federal Bureau of Land Management has canceled a planned sale of land in Southeast Utah to be used for oil drilling following opposition from county and municipal officials.

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Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William Perry Pendley speaks at a conference for journalists in Fort Collins, Colo., last October.

Why A Vote For Trump's Lands Appointee May Put Some Western Republicans In A Bind

Aug 10, 2020
Republican senators facing tough reelections may be in the hot seat when it comes time to vote on President Trump's controversial nominee to head the nation's largest public lands agency.
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600 Firefighters Halt Growth Of Nevada Wildfire, For Now

Jul 11, 2020

GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — More than 600 firefighters have stopped the growth of a Nevada wildfire southeast of Lake Tahoe that had threatened up to 1,000 homes.

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Walk-In Lottery For Popular Arizona Hike Could Move Online

Jun 01, 2020

VERMILLION CLIFFS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. (AP) — Half of the 20 permits for one of the most exclusive and dramatic hiking spots in the southwestern United States remain unavailable during the coronavirus pandemic.

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As Wildfires Get Worse, BLM Plans To Build Fuel Breaks Across The West

May 29, 2020

In March, the Bureau of Land Management approved a pla

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William Perry Pendley's temporary appointment at the Burea of Land Management was recently extended for the fifth time since taking over the agency last summer.

Lawsuit Seeks Removal Of Trump Lands Appointees

May 11, 2020
In a lawsuit filed Monday, conservationists allege the Trump administration's unprecedented use of non-confirmed directors at the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management violates law.
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Judge Vacates Directive Over Energy Lease Public Comments

Feb 28, 2020
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge in Idaho has overturned a federal directive to curtail environmental review and eliminate mandatory public comment periods concerning oil and gas leasing on some public lands.
 
The Center for Biological Diversity says in a statem
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