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
Lawsuit to Block Tribal Takeover of National Wildlife Refuge
Bison Range Deal Cedes “Inherently Federal” Functions and Bars Public Oversight
National Park Cultural Preservation Programs in Tatters
NAPA Finds Historic Resources “at Risk” due to Low Support and Poor Leadership
Serious Contamination of U.S. Sugar Lands Ignored for Decades
Less than $17,000 in Florida State Pollution Penalty Assessments Over 20 Years
California Desert’s Six Million Acre Question Mark
Bill Establishing Landscape Conservation System Fudges on CDCA Inclusion
Probe Demanded Into Shutdown of BP Alaska Oil Spill Case
Senior EPA Agent Charges Criminal Investigation Truncated and Fines Slashed
Interior Readies Mountain Bike Expansion in National Parks
Lame Duck Rule Would Clear Way for Mountain Bike Trails in Park Backcountry
New Tahoe National Forest Proposal Lacks Balance, Quiet Recreation Shortchanged
Hikers, Campers, Anglers and Other Forest Visitors Worry That New Forest Service Proposal Would Lead to More Noise, Pollution and Safety Risks From Dirt Bikes and Off-Road Vehicles
More Cell Towers, Wi-Fi and Web-Cams Coming to Yellowstone
New Plan Extends Large Electronic Footprint across Yellowstone’s Iconic Sites
Industry Lawyers Directed Baca Wildlife Refuge Drilling Study
Concerns of Refuge Scientists Overridden by Interior, Justice Officials
Tribal Wildlife Refuge Takeover Deeply Flawed
National Bison Range Deal Sets Precedent for 75 Other National Parks and Refuges
Feds Proceed Quickly on Stalled New Jersey Toxic Clean-Ups
EPA Remediation Plan for Brick Township Landfill Ready for Public Review
Blm Whistleblower Wins Appeal Over Toxic Nevada Mine
Labor Department Confirms Retaliatory Firing in Violation of Anti-Pollution Laws
Park Service Waves White Flag on Little Bighorn Visitor Center
Lawsuit Halted Plan to Build a Theater at Base of “Last Stand Hill”
Lawsuit to Block Theater at Little Bighorn’s Last Stand Hill
Retired Park Historians and Superintendents Say Structure Will Obscure Battlefield
We Have Met the Enemy…and He Is Us
Bush Sporting Council Identifies Administration Policies as Highest Hunting Hurdles
U.S. Sugar Buyout May Not Help the Everglades
Corps Rejected Concept a Decade Ago Due to Insurmountable Hydrological Barriers
Supreme Court Decision Scrambles National Park Firearm Plan
Many State Laws Will Be Subject to Legal Challenge and Uncertainty
Poaching in National Parks Will Rise Under Open Firearms Plan
Rules Will Be Ensnared in Lawsuits for Failure to Review Environmental Impacts
Mountain Bike Group Wants Access to Park Backcountry Trails
NPS Director Appears This Week at International Mountain Biking Convention
The Congressman and the Forest Fire: A Tale of String Pulling
Rep. Henry Brown Evades Forest Service Assessment for 4 Years, Penalty Waived