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The Colorado River flows into the All-American Canal below the Imperial Dam on the California-Arizona border.
Anyone who has hosted a good dinner party knows that the guest list, table setting and topic of conversation play a big role in determining whether the night is a hit or the guests leave angry and unsatisfied.
That concept is about to get a true test on the Colorado River, where chairs are being pulled up to a negotiating table to start a new round of talks that could define how the river system adapts to a changing climate for the next generation.
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For Immediate Release, February 26, 2021
Contact: Chris Krupp, WildEarth Guardians, (206) 417-6363, ckrupp@wildearthguardians.org Marc Fink, Center for Biological Diversity, (218) 464-0539, mfink@biologicaldiversity.org
Bureau of Land Management Rescinds Illegal Grazing Decision Day After Conservationists Sued to Overturn It
PORTLAND,
Ore. The Bureau of Land Management today rescinded the grazing decision that was the subject of a federal lawsuit filed yesterday by conservation groups to overturn a Trump administration decision allowing an unqualified ranching company to graze cattle on Steens Mountain in southeastern Oregon.
“We’re grateful that the new administration saw right away that Bernhardt’s decision to grant the grazing permit without the proper public participation could not stand,” said Greta Anderson, deputy director of Western Watersheds Project. “We believe when they reconsider the proposed action, they’ll realize there
Laura Daniel-Davis, a senior advisor exercising delegated authority of the assistant secretary of land and minerals management, signed the Interior Secretary Office memo that rescinds the awarding of the grazing permit to Hammond Ranches Inc., and sends the matter back to the Bureau of Land Management for additional consideration.
Government watchdog groups are calling on congressional committees to release the names of Trump political appointees who have “burrowed” into career civil service positions over concerns they may attempt to “sabotage” the Biden administration.
Former President Donald Trump signed an executive order in October that stripped career civil servants of employment protections and opened the door for political appointees to “burrow” into career positions inside the government. The move came as Trump Cabinet members like Education Secretary Betsy DeVos urged staffers to “be the resistance” to the incoming Democratic administration. President Joe Biden rescinded the order in his first days in office, but it remains unclear how many such appointees may have burrowed into career positions inside their departments.