Historic Public Lands Protections Become Law
WASHINGTON (March 30, 2009) - President Obama today signed into law the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009, one of the most sweeping pieces of conservation and public land management legislation in decades.
This legislation includes more than 160 separate public lands proposals that will secure wilderness designation for more than two million acres in nine states, protect over a thousand miles of rushing rivers and streams and give legal status to the 26-million acre National Landscape Conservation System, which protects some of the most spectacular landscapes.
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Wildlife Groups Deserve Voice at Energy Table
Editorial, Wyoming Tribune Eagle
The mantra across this country recently is that not enough drilling
is taking place to help lower record-setting gasoline prices or to
slake this country's thirst for natural gas.
Government
agencies like the Bureau of Land Management - in a rush to respond to
the bidding of the White House - often turn a blind eye to energy
development's impact on wildlife in the West. Read more.