Are Wild Horses to Blame for Failing Rangeland Health? Many private ranchers blame wild horses for degrading public lands in the west, but what role do these animals play in harming the landscape? We decided to investigate this important question after the Bureau of...
Home on the Range: Wild Horses on Public Lands Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rangeland health data, collected and analyzed by PEER, paints a bleak picture of the conditions on a broad swath of public lands. The main reason for the cited ecological destruction is...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 29, 2024 CONTACT Chandra Rosenthal [PEER] (303) 898-0798, crosenthal@peer.org Range Damage from Cattle Far Exceeds Wild Horse Impacts No Livestock Reductions Despite Severe Damage As Wild Horse Roundups Persist Washington,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, September 20, 2021 CONTACT Kirsten Stade kstade@peer.org 240-988-4207 Interior Wild Horse Focus Ignores Cattle Impacts BLM’s Scientific “Cow Blindness” Impedes Sage Grouse Recovery Washington, DC — The U.S. Bureau of Land...
BLM Weighs Wild Horse Impact Much More Heavily Than Cattle Agency Sage Grouse Review Puts Thumb on Scale to Magnify Wild Horse and Burro Effects Washington, DC — The method used by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to assess range conditions is seriously skewed...
America’s Ten Most Imperiled Wildlife Refuges Climate Change and Coping with Climate Change Challenge Nature Sanctuaries Washington, DC — National Wildlife Refuges are already feeling the effects of climate change as well as negative side-effects of attempts to...
Washington, DC — Citing the threat of imminent starvation, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has announced an emergency removal of all wild horses from northwest Wyoming, according to documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility...
According to the latest Interior Department quarterly report on its backlog of unanswered Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is the hands-down winner as its least responsive agency. As of the end of the second quarter of...
We’re Suing to Protect Farmers Last Thursday, PEER filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on behalf of a group of ranchers and farmers in Texas whose livelihoods and health were ruined after biosolids contaminated with per- and...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 4, 2023 CONTACT Chandra Rosenthal crosenthal@peer.org (303) 898-0798 BLM’s Sketchy Satellite-Based Range Management Agency Sets the Stage to Renew 1, 372 Montana Grazing Allotments Renewed in One Fell Swoop – No NEPA ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 13, 2023 CONTACT Chandra Rosenthal crosenthal@peer.org (303) 898-0798 Permit Renewal Shows BLM Not Serious on Range Reform Despite Horrid Conditions, No Recognition of Overgrazing or Climate Impact Denver, CO —A...
BLM Identifies Millions of Acres of Failing Lands The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is responsible for 245 million acres of public lands in 13 western states. The agency manages more public land than any other land management agency. This report makes...
The Bureau of Land Management administers more 245 million acres of public land. There are 155 million acres of leased grazing allotments. Rangeland health – or Land Health Standards (LHS) – refers to the quality and sustainability of waterways, habitats, soil, flora...
Stop the Senseless Slaughter PEER, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Global Indigenous Council, and a coalition of 25 other Native American, conservation, and animal welfare groups have asked the Department of the Interior to stop the flow of federal funds that...
For Immediate Release: December 30, 2019 Contact: Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, (307) 399-7910 Peter Jenkins, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, (202) 265-4189 Blaine Miller-McFeeley, Earthjustice, (202) 745-5225 Judi Brawer, WildEarth...
Political Science Herding Grand Canyon Cattalo Park Service Should Not Classify Hybridized Beefalo as Native Wildlife Washington, DC — The National Park Service should withdraw a report concluding that a herd of hybridized bison marooned on the North Rim are wildlife...
Grazing Punted From Federal Study of Land Changes in West Scientists Told to Not Consider Grazing Due to Fear of Lawsuits and Data Gaps Washington, DC — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is carrying out an ambitious plan to map ecological trends throughout the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 17, 2021 Park Service Unveils Wobbly New E-Bike Policy Superintendents Told to Figure Out E-Bike Access on Park-by-Park Basis Washington, DC — In the absence of a new Director and facing an imminent court ruling, the...
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 Contact: Kirsten Stade kstade@peer.org; Peter Jenkins pjenkins@peer.org Suit to Bar E-Bikes from Park Trails Gets Greenlight Claims Challenging Legality of NPS E-Bikes Approval Will Be Heard Washington,...
PEER is suing the U.S. Forest Service to force it to produce a long-promised audit of losses from past timber sales in the Tongass National Forest. In 2017, PEER obtained an internal Forest Service document that found staggering monetary losses in two large Tongass...
