Last Friday afternoon the “Congressional Western Caucus” – a group of Republican lawmakers from the west (or who are “western” in spirit) – issued a press release attacking the Obama administration’s energy policies, misleadingly linking the current high price of gas at the pump with federal oil and gas leasing...
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Stop drilling in wild Desolation Canyon
Proposed Desolation Canyon wilderness, photo by Ray Bloxham In what can only be called “shockingly disappointing,” the Utah Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is promoting a private company’s plan to develop the Desolation Canyon proposed wilderness and destroy thousands of acres. We would have expected as much during the last...
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Goodbye Selma
Finally! Utah State Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director and Bush administration holdover, Selma Sierra, has been “reassigned” to head the BLM’s Eastern States office. This announcement has been a long time coming and is a welcome one to supporters of America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act. During her tenure in...
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