Optical solution?: Yellowstone waives $1.2M in right-of-way fees for telecom company
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PEER | June 20, 2025
In the documents PEER received in its FOIA request, the Park Service said the fees were dropped because the project was “clearly in the public interest and consistent with the purposes and values of the park area.” PEER argued the fees could only be dropped if the cable was for “ ...
Guest column: The Bureau of Land Management is ignoring its most serious land-health problem
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Susan Sargent | September 8, 2023
In a recent opinion piece, Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning claims her agency has a renewed focus on land health. However, she fails to make even a single mention of the most pervasive land-health problem the agency faces: livestock-caused ecological destruction ...
The Problem of Precedent: National Bison Range Transfer Sparks Opposition and Concern
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Susan Sargent | February 23, 2020
“A proposal by U.S. Sen. Steve Daines to convey the National Bison Range to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes has generated a mixture of excitement, concern, and outright opposition in Montana. The provision, included in a broader bill settling the historic water rights ...