A conservation policy and advocacy organization focused on land and energy issues across the American West. We tweet about #publiclands.
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The Interior department is beginning the process of updating its policies regarding designated wilderness, wilderness study areas, and lands with wilderness characteristics.
Our statement:
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Incredible reporting from @beecycles about why 320,000 acres of Arizona public lands are being leased even though geologists agree there's no oil there. Worth a read, it's a wild ride. azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
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Doug Burgum has turned the National Parks Foundation into a pay-to-play clearinghouse. He's refusing to disclose a single Freedom 250 donor or what they get for their money.
There's no way of knowing who's getting rich off of Corruption 250. bit.ly/4e1edHX
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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum's calendars were just posted.
Seems like he's been spending more time at Fox News than Interior... Just sayin 👀
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Taxpayers are now funding the MAGA movement, according to a new Public Citizen report.
Trump has spent nearly $103 MILLION on his MAGA “Freedom 250” events.
For more:
citizen.org/article/maga-250…
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Clearly Doug Burgum still thinks selling off 2-3 MILLION acres of public land is a good idea. 🤦
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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended Mike Lee's public land sell-off attempt at a roundtable yesterday.
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This Congress has introduced 81 anti-parks bills that would:
🌲 sell off public lands
🛢️ auction lands and waters to dirty energy
🚯 weaken protections for parks, refuges, & monuments
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One thing is clear heading into this summer wildfire season: creating chaos and undermining preparedness benefits no one and puts lives and communities at risk. 🔥
Wildfire experts weigh in on a dangerous fire year: westwise.substack.com/p/wild…
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Heading into the most dangerous fire season in memory, Doug Burgum cut the staff, closed research stations, and created a massive gap in wildfire prevention work. And he'll own what comes next. bit.ly/4aiN6XR
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A new report co-authored with @Public_Citizen shines light on the first Trump admin's DOI Secretary David Bernhardt, a long-time lobbyist for oil & gas, mining, and big ag interests, and the stronghold he still has on the department. Read it here: citizen.org/article/return-o…
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Taxpayers were promised $452 million from oil & gas lease sales in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge. Yet TCS projects the true outcome to be around $3-30 million – all while shouldering taxpayers & local communities w/ massive risks. taxpayer.net/energy-natural-…
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The Trump administration is planning to auction off lands near Arizona’s iconic Grand Canyon National Park and Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument for oil and gas drilling. Submit a comment to help us fight back: on.nrdc.org/4obzOCi
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The people who live, work, fish, hunt, and raise their families in the Pecos deserve a seat at the table when decisions about its future are made.
After I pressed the Forest Service, they committed that before any mining or exploratory activities move forward, there will be a public process—including public meetings.
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USFS Chief Tom Schultz appeared in front of Congress today. He defended cuts to his agency and plans to vastly increase logging in national forests.
Here's our statement:
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The US Forest Service director Tom Schultz just denied human-caused climate change is real 🤦♂️
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"The public deserves an Interior secretary who represents their interests, not those of his billionaire buddies at the Yellowstone Club." —@kgroetzi writes in Westwise
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Americans returned home from the unofficial start of summer after getting a firsthand look at what Doug Burgum and his unqualified parks czar Kevin Lilly have brought to our national parks: chaos, gridlock, and danger for American families. bit.ly/43DxPx1
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Just tried to pull up @USInterior's new mapping tool, req by the "Modernizing Access to Our Public Land (MapLand) Act" of 2022.
On top of being extremely clunky, it does not appear to be working.
link: apps.nationalmap.gov/
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Rare, endangered bee gets habitat protection across 6 states: Here’s where
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