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By: Chase Woodruff - July 28, 2021 4:34 pm Mountain big sagebrush is seen at the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado. Big sagebrush is perhaps the most important shrub on western rangelands. It provides winter food source to numerous species of large mammals, nearly 100 bird species depend on sagebrush ecosystems for habitat, and there are several animal species that have an obligate relationship with big sagebrush, including greater and Gunnison’s sage grouse. (Tom Koerner/USFWS/CC...

Daily file photo The Avon Town Council adopted a resolution at its Tuesday, May 11 meeting that pledges support for President Joe Biden’s executive order to temporarily pause new oil and gas leasing on federal lands. The resolution was added to the agenda and adopted at the encouragement of The Mountain Pact, a lobbying group that works with local mountain governments to address issues specifically impacting their communities. put a pause on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or ...

The Mountain Pact is encouraging elected officials mountain towns across the West to consider resolutions in support of President Biden’s executive order to temporarily pause new oil and gas leasing on federal public lands. The pause is in an effort to complete “a comprehensive review and reconsideration of federal oil and gas permitting and leasing practices in light of [her] broad stewardship responsibilities over the public lands . . . including potential climate and other impacts,” a...

NationofChange ‘America the beautiful’: Biden administration aims to protect 30% of US lands and waters by 2030 “This is a critical opportunity for Americans to come together to build a new, more inclusive model of conservation to save nature, and ultimately ourselves,” said one advocate. Climate and conservation advocacy groups joined business, Indigenous, and local political leaders on Thursday in welcoming a new federal report that details the Biden administ...

It is a reminder of the challenges Mr. Biden faces as he seeks to push lawmakers to embrace his efforts to curb climate change. The Senate last month voted to confirm former Rep. Deb Haaland to lead the Interior Department, which is responsible for leasing federal lands for energy development. A member of New Mexico’s Laguna Pueblo, Ms. Haaland is the first Native American Cabinet secretary in U.S. history, and was a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Mr. Beaudreau, meanwhile, cu...

Utah and Western local officials call for the swift restoration of Bears Ears and Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monuments Mountain Pact network of local elected officials release statements Author: News Release The Mountain Pact With Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland visiting Utah this week as part of the Biden administration’s review of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments as outlined in the executive order President Biden signed on his first day in office, The Mo...

Biden orders addressing climate receive praise, criticism in Montana Martin Kidston/Missoula Current file photo Hundreds of students in Missoula marched for action on climate change in 2018. President Joe Biden, elected in part by those seeking climate action, signed a suite of orders on Wednesday intended to address the issue. By: Martin Kidston - Missoula Current Posted at 4:48 PM, Jan 27, 2021 and last updated 2021-01-27 18:48:13-05 MISSOULA — Elected officials from acr...

More than 100 local elected officials across the West are calling on the incoming Biden administration and 117th Congress to address the climate crisis, protect public lands and support Western

The Mountain Pact letter to President-elect Joe Biden urges, among other things, restoration protections for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante national monuments in Utah, reversing the recent oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and working to conserve 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. (Rick Bowmer, AP file photo) The Mountain Pact on Thursday urged President-elect Joe Biden and Deb Haaland, Biden’s pick to lead the Department of the Interior, to fight cli...

An angler tries his luck on the Yampa River shortly after it reopened for fishing in November 2020. STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Amid a 20-year drought in Colorado, the Yampa River has been running low for years and late last summer was closed to recreation for just the second time ever because of low flow downstream. Experts say without a dramatic and quick reversal of greenhouse gas emissions, the Colorado River Basin’s flow could decrease by more than 20% by 2050. But the current drought is unlik...