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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 BY 2.0) A coalition of local government officials from across the West on Wednesday released a repo...

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 in offshore waters in order to allow for a “comprehensive review and reconsideration of Federal oi...

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,” according to Executive Order 14008, “Tackling the Climate Crises at Home and Abroad.” On Tuesday,...

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 administration’s vision for conserving at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. “It’s a big de...

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, cut his teeth after joining the Department of Interior in 2010 following the Deepwater Horizon oil spi...