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East Bay Times Letters to the Editor for May 16, 2024

As opponents to the Bureau of Land Managements new rules push back, public lands advocates are praising the agencys decision to put conservation on par with other uses, such as oil and gas extraction and development. In Arizona, the BLM manages just over 12 million acres of public land. Daniel Hart, director of clean energy and climate policy with the National Parks Conservation Association, said the states 22 national parks share boundaries with those public lands and considers them an inter...

The Bureau of Land Management recently released two rules that alter how the agency manages its 245 million acres of public lands, 48 million of which are found in Nevada. The BLMs new Public Lands Rule will put conservation on par with other multiple uses, and the agencys Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process Rule revises outdated fiscal terms for oil and gas leasing operations. Nevada is home to four national parks which bring the state more than $280 million in economic benefit from to...

As critics work to roll back new Bureau of Land Management rules, public lands advocates are defending the agencys move to put conservation uses on equal footing with extraction and development. Matthew Kirby, senior director of energy and landscape conservation for the National Parks Conservation Association, said the new rules can be used to benefit national parks, for example, by reducing pollution from oil and gas drilling on the 3.3 million acres of BLM-managed mineral rights in eastern Co...

The Sand Canyon Trail's last construction phase has begun, according to the Sand Canyon Homeowners Association (SCHOA).  

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced the expansion of Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, which covers parts of Colusa County, and the renaming of a ridgeline in an effort

Conservation groups, tribes and community organizers are praising President Joe Bidens decision Thursday to expand two national monuments in California. Together, the monuments will gain about 120,000 acres. The Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument is 90 minutes northwest of Sacramento and the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument lies just east of Los Angeles. ...

In California, San Gabriel Mountains and Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monuments will now include land sacred to Native Nations

The expansion will include approximately 13,696 additional acres of federally owned public land in Lake and Colusa Counties in California, encompassing the entirety of the Molok Luyuk region within the monument.

As part of his plan to conserve the nation’s land and waters, Mr. Biden is enlarging the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.