Protecting America’s Public Lands
Roughly 300 million acres of American lands, most in the West, are set aside as public lands and maintained using taxes paid by all Americans. These lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, and National Wildlife Refuge System are by charter supposed to be managed for multiple uses including recreation and provision of wildlife habitat and clean water sources. Increasingly, however, they are run for the benefit of extractive industries and with little regard for the preservation of the rare wildlife or iconic natural beauty for which they are famous.
With the help of conscientious range management specialists, scientists, law enforcement officers and other workers within these agencies, PEER is uncovering how our precious national heritage is being sold to the highest bidder, often under the direction of poorly qualified and illegally appointed political appointees.
Environmental and public health risks are being ignored by regulatory agencies and decisions heavily influenced by profit-driven industries.
REPORT | The Biden Administration’s Bureau of Land Management
As the Biden administration nears its halfway point, there are both encouraging signs of progress and plenty of room for growth when it comes to conserving public lands. Stronger leadership from the Biden administration and within federal land agencies is critical to act on both the climate and biodiversity crises. No public lands agency more epitomizes the challenges and opportunities ahead than the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) – the country’s largest land manager at more than 245 million acres.
Mapping Rangeland Health
Our interactive BLM Rangeland Health Standards Evaluation Data (2020) on MangoMaps is based on data from 2020, obtained via the Freedom of Information Act. PEER worked with a former BLM contractor to analyze what these records reveal about the condition of our public lands and BLM’s discharge of its duties to safeguard them.
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NEWS FROM PEER
EPA Fracking Discharge Permits on Indian Lands Appealed
Fracking Fluids Dumped into Stream for Livestock on Wind River Reservation
South Coast Rail Dealt Mortal Blow by New Transit Plan
Years-Long “Moratorium” Puts Massachusetts South Coast Expansion into Dustbin
Abandoned Uncapped Wells Pockmark Western Public Lands
Records Show BLM Does Not Shoulder Responsibilities to Ensure Reclamation
Lawsuit Filed on Inyo County’s Adventure Trails
Ill-conceived Plan Would Turn Owens Valley Into Noisy, Polluted ORV Playground
Canaveral Seashore Whistleblower Vindicated, Again
National Park Leaders Dissemble as New Probe Opens into Repeat Violations
Another 4G Cell Tower Slated for Remote National Park
North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt Wants Second Tower Abutting Wilderness
BLM Dumbing Down Reports on Livestock Range Conditions
Complaint Demands Restoration of Data Quantifying and Qualifying Grazing Effects
Park Service Reneges on Promised Cell Restrictions
Yellowstone Builds New Towers but Ignores Vows to Limit Visibility and Coverage
Exxon Valdez Damages Suit Drags Into 2015 and Perhaps Beyond
Judge Frustrated That Long Overdue Restoration Plan Still Not Near Completion
Yellowstone’s Cellular Bandwidth Dilemma
Telecom Companies Push Plans to Wire Park for New 4G LTE
Accountability & the Park Service – Like Oil and Water
Canaveral Seashore Probe Finds Fraud, Nepotism & Mismanagement but No Action
Nevada Ranchers Suffer From Self-Deluded Drought Denial
Data Backs BLM Manager’s Allotment Cuts in Face of “Cowboy Express” Protest
New Bison Range-Tribal Pact Vulnerable to Legal Challenge
Latest Version Does Not Cure Earlier Violations While New Creating Ones
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
Report Details Ticket Diversion at USS Arizona Memorial
“Loss of Management Control” Let Commercial Tours Corner Market on Free Passes
Peace Bridge Proponents Illegally Jump the Gun
Pre-Approval Engineering & Construction Done on U.S./Canada Crossing Expansion
Refuges to Ban Genetically Engineered Crops and Neonics
Phase-Out May End Decade-Long Legal Battle Over Agriculture On Refuges
New Bison Range Tribal Agreement Repeats Same Old Mistakes
Employee Comments Detail Why New Agreement Will Work to Refuge Detriment
Lawsuit Seeks Bundy Documents and Attack Stats on BLM Staff
BLM Stonewalls on Nevada Standoff, Post-Incident Precautions and Lessons Learned
Christie Landfill to Solar Scheme Goes Terribly Wrong
State DEP Sitting on Report Detailing Fenimore Landfill Toxic Seepage into Streams