Grazing, BLM inaction threaten greater sage grouse, report contends
by WyoFile | July 30, 2024
The plight of greater sage grouse across the West is troubling, scientists say. Greater sage grouse populations declined nearly 80% between 1966 and 2021 and 41% from 2002-2021, according to federal scientists’ reports in the ongoing federal environmental review of grouse management. The ...
Feds get new guidelines for e-bikes in national parks, forests
by WyoFile | June 8, 2022
A consortium of conservation groups went to court to challenge the order, triggering a series of actions that were resolved by a judge’s May 24 order. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Wilderness Watch, the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin, the Marin ...
BLM whistleblower loses firing appeal in oilfield dispute
by WyoFile | April 5, 2022
A federal administrative judge has rejected an appeal by a whistleblower who claims he was fired from his federal job after advocating for migrating birds at a huge Wyoming gas- and oilfield, the whistleblower’s attorney said Monday. Samantha Black, who adjudicates for the U.S. Merit ...
BLM fires critical environmental analyst on second try
by WyoFile | December 9, 2021
A group supporting public employees is challenging the firing of an environmental analyst who said the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s approval of a Delaware-sized oilfield in Converse County failed to protect migratory birds as required. Public Employees for Environmental ...
Wild horse advocates cry foul on cusp of enormous roundup, removal
by WyoFile | October 5, 2021
“Federal contract wranglers plan to round up 4,300 wild horses in southwest Wyoming — permanently removing about 70% of them — starting Thursday in an undertaking that culminates years of conflicts among land and wildlife managers, ranchers and horse advocates. A group ...