House Republicans: "Wild Lands" not worth protecting "The bill would also prevent the Bureau of Land Management from implementing its new 'wildlands' policy, established in December by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. The policy, which has been in Western Republicans' cross hairs, allows BLM to survey and provide interim protections for...

A response to baseless criticism of the “Wild Lands” policy “The BLM has a responsibility to manage public lands for multiple uses, where appropriate, and to protect those lands for future generations. Salazar’s order merely makes the agency’s responsibility to protect as important as its duty to manage.”  Editorial –...

Will the Obama administration be serious about protecting public lands? “There have recently been a flurry of news reports on the Obama administration’s new ‘wild lands’ policy, but these reports failed to fully explain how this policy is merely the latest move in a 35-year-long battle over the few remaining...

Proposed wilderness in the Book Cliffs and Desolation Canyon threatened “’For people who take the time to explore it, it’s quite a remarkable landscape,’ said Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance attorney Steve Bloch, noting he once spent the night with a stuck vehicle while exploring the East Tavaputs Plateau with friends....

47 members of Congress defend “Wild Lands” policy “In a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar this week, Democrats led by House Natural Resources Committee ranking member Edward Markey (D-Mass.) say the ‘wild lands’ policy restores balance to public lands management that was missing in the Bush era.”  Read more...