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Conservation groups, tribes and community organizers are praising President Joe Biden's 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. ...
The Bureau of Land Management recently released its final Public Lands Rule, which is set to put conservation on equal footing with other multiple uses taking place on public lands. The state of Utah has come out in opposition, pointing to the impact it could have on the almost 23 million acres of BLM land in Utah. Redge Johnson, director of the Utah Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office, said the state supports conservation efforts but called the rule a "solution looking for a problem." "What we have already put into conservation designations and then what you ...
Conservation groups are rejoicing over the decision Friday by the Biden administration to reject a proposed mining road in Alaska.
Conservation groups are rejoicing over the decision Friday by the Biden administration to reject a proposed mining road in Alaska. The 211-mile Ambler Road would have sliced through the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, severing the migration route for a Western Arctic Caribou herd. Alex Johnson, interior Alaska director for the National Parks Conservation Association, said it was important for the feds to take a stand in Alaska so mining interests do not start eyeing other national parks. ...
After a successful year and a half on the film festival and screening circuit, the University of Wyomingâs 55-minute science, adventure and conservation documentary film, âDeer 139,â will premiere online on the spring equinox. Viewers are invited to join the premiere on YouTube at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 20. A live question-and-answer session with the filmâs team will follow the premiere at 7:55 p.m. via a Zoom webinar. Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, and to access the documentary film, click here. Advertisement The film will be freely ava...