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BLM Action Center Update #26 (05/18/2005)
BLM withdraws parcels near Dinosaur National Monument. Bad BLM trends in Wyoming. Is wind energy on your horizon? Comments needed: MT, NV, UT, Kings Range NCA ROD. Update on status of BLM planning efforts.
| BLM Action Center Update #27 (06/20/2005)
BLM leases Otero Mesa over strong objections. NLCS listed on National Trust's 11 most endangered list. NLCS annual meeting. Comments needed, and updates: ID, UT, NV, MT, CO. Update on status of BLM planning efforts.
| BLM Action Center update #31 (10/27/2005)
Select BLM state web sites are back up. BLM's New Guidance on permitting energy development projects is out. New report: State of the National Landscape Conservation. Colorado BLM & U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service face off over endangered species. Action needed, announcement, updates: AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, NV, NM, OR.
| BLM Action Center Update #33 (12/20/2005)
Is privatization of our public lands on the horizon? Keep a ware eye on oil shale. Regulations for onshore oil and gas operation due out soon. Action needed, announcements, and updates: AK, AZ, CA, MT, NM, UT, & West-Wide PEIS
| BLM Action Center Update #37 (04/28/2006)
Colorado May oil & gas lease sale -- largest in state's history. Trainings taking place in your area? Let us help! New competitive oil and gas leasing process fact sheet available. Action needed, announcements, and updates: CA.
| BLM Action Center Update #41 (02/08/2007)
West-wide energy corridor process; Little Snake; Colorado Mountian Club; BLM Action Center website resources; RMP Roundup.
| BLM Action Center Update #43 (05/30/2007)
1) The Long, Slow Transition to Implementation Level Plans; 2) Update on Energy Corridor Planning Efforts; 3) Get to Know Your Conservation Partners: Oregon Natural Desert Association; 4) Comments Recently Submitted: CO and OR; 5) Action Needed, Announcements, And Updates: AZ, CA, NM, and WY
| BLM Action Center Update #44 (11/05/2007)
1) BLM Action Center Welcomes New Staff; 2) Avalanche of Utah RMPs limits opportunity for public involvement; 3) Northeast Wyoming Elk Herd Threatened by Drilling; 4) New Director of BLM says western drilling explosion to continue; 5) Adobe Town: Wyoming's hidden archaeological and ecological gem; 6) 13 Places That Need Your Help Now; Resources and Contacts
| WildAlert News August 2006 (08/02/2006)
Protecting roadless forests. Protecting Montana forests (some of which are more roadless than others). Wilderness bills pass the House. Hold is placed on leasing the Wyoming Range in the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Congressional leaders step to the plate in support of the National Landscape Conservation System by forming a caucus.
| WildAlert News August 2007 (08/02/2007)
Appropriations Bills Delayed and House to Vote on Energy Bill; Find Out More about Arizona's Tumacacori Highlands Region.
| WildAlert News December 2007 (12/05/2007)
Protect Utah's Price District BLM Lands from increased ORV Use; Investigations Continue into Politicized Endangered Species Decisions; Congress Poised to Pass Energy Bill.
| WildAlert News February 2007 (02/05/2007)
President releases FY 2008 Budget. Go Wild at Colorado's Little Snake Area. Update on roadless area protection. Quick updates on the Green Budget, clean energy, payments to counties and monster cutbacks to staffing at National Wildlife Refuges.
| WildAlert News January 2007 (01/12/2007)
Welcome to 2007 and the 110th Congress. Off-road vehicles and travel management planning top the agenda at Oregon's Steens Mountain. New leadership in Congress faces many of the same old issues (and some new ones).
| WildAlert News July 2007 (07/03/2007)
Good News from the Arctic Refuge and Tongass National Forest; Protect California's Sequoia National Forest from ORV Use; Visit the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness in North Carolina's Nantahala National Forest; Energy Appropriations Bills Advance; One Hundred Thousand People Tell BLM to Protect the Upper Green River Valley in Wyoming.
| WildAlert News June 2007 (06/05/2007)
Work Continues on Energy Legislation; ORVs in Idaho's Owyhee Mountains; Strong Support for Yellowstone Continues; Tongass Forest Gets Interim Protection; New Mexico's Congressional Delegation Comes Together Over Otero Mesa Leasing.
| WildAlert News November 2007 (11/05/2007)
Update on California Wildfires and Alaska's Teshekpuk Lake; Take a Moment to Help Montana's Bitterroot National Forest; Global Warming and Forest Fires; Accelerating Oil and Gas Development; Hearing on Proposed Road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge; New Wyoming Wilderness Bill Introduced; House Passes Virginia Ridge and Valley Act; Six Members of Congress Honored for Refuge System Efforts.
| WildAlert News September 2006 (09/06/2006)
Here they come, rarin' to drill the Arctic Refuge and Teshekpuk Lake. National Park Services releases final management policies. A look at the fate of wilderness bills late in the 109th Congress. The Interior Department's Inspector General looks into allegations that Utah BLM made closed-door commitments to industry.
| WildAlert News September 2007 (09/04/2007)
New Threats to the Northern Spotted Owl; BLM Told to Consider Impact of Energy Drilling on Endangered Species.
| WILDALERT NEWS: April 2006 Update (04/04/2006)
Prince William Sound.
Siskiyou National Forest logging. The Wilderness Society's community wildfire work.
Arctic Refuge drilling dropped from House budget bill. Interior Secretary Norton rushes out damaging roads policy. New rules could lead to more jet skis, noise, pollution in National Parks.
| WILDALERT NEWS: January 2006 Update (01/06/2006)
Glastebury Mountain, VT. Arctic Refuge safe, for now. Governor wants full protection for roadless areas in Virginia.
| WILDALERT NEWS: July 2006 Update (07/06/2006)
New Hampshire's White Mountains. Take Action: Some in Congress blocking email. Permanent protection for Rocky Mountain Front? National Parks protections soon to be restored.
Off-shore drilling bill also threatens Rocky Mountain West. Roadless protection news.
| WILDALERT NEWS: March 2006 Update (03/02/2006)
Tongass clearcuts. Selling off the public estate. Roadless protection petition filed. Carrizo Plain National Monument victory.
| WILDALERT NEWS: November 2005 Update (11/02/2005)
North Cascades. Key Arctic Refuge vote. Top 10 Halloween Horribles. Ojito Wilderness bill passes Congress. New report: Western BLM lands suffering. Roadless Rule repeal challenged. Court rules public must be included in Forest Service decisions.
| WILDALERT NEWS: October 2005 Update (10/04/2005)
Arctic Refuge. Energy policy. Court rules public must be involved in National Forest decisions.
| WILDALERT: Alaska's Teshekpuk Lake Needs Your Help (07/25/2006)
Over the strong objections of Native people, wildlife biologists, sportsmen's groups, and the general public, the Bureau of Land Management remains intent on leasing one of the most remarkable wetlands complexes on the planet. The place is the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A), the largest single block of wild public land left in the United States.
| WILDALERT: An Offering of Thanks (11/22/2005)
A special Thanksgiving message from Eleanor Huffines, Anchorage, Alaska.
| WILDALERT: Arctic Refuge Action Needed TODAY (05/22/2006)
As hard as it is to believe, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is in the crosshairs again. Some House members may force a vote on drilling in the Arctic Refuge as early as this Wednesday.
| WILDALERT: Arctic Refuge Update (11/04/2005)
In a close vote along mostly party lines on Nov. 3rd, the Senate approved the 2006 Budget Reconciliation bill, which would, among other things, open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil development. The focus next turns to the House, where a significant number of Republicans are outspoken in their opposition to Arctic Refuge drilling in the Budget Bill, thereby casting serious doubt on whether a bill with Arctic drilling in it can pass the House at all.
| WILDALERT: ARCTIC REFUGE WIN! (12/21/2005)
On December 21, 2005, by a vote of 56-44, the Senate refused to invoke cloture on the defense appropriations bill, rejecting Sen. Ted Stevens' (R-AK) attempts to attach Arctic Refuge drilling on the Defense Appropriations bill.
| WILDALERT: Colorado Landowner Protection Act needs your support (Colorado only) (01/31/2006)
Energy development in Colorado is taking place at an unprecedented rate, and it must be balanced with the rights of landowners to ensure protection of wildlife habitat, property values, agricultural uses, and water quality. Right now, oil and gas companies have access to many private lands to drill for oil and gas, sometimes without permission of the landowner.
| WILDALERT: Congress Approves Budget Conference Report (04/29/2005)
In two close votes on April 28, 2005, the House and Senate approved a Budget Conference Report that paves the way for a bill that could open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. This campaign is far from over, though. Here's how you can help.
| WILDALERT: Critical Vote on Arctic Refuge This Week--Calls Needed (10/31/2005)
Senate to vote on Budget Reconciliation package that would allow oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge; House to vote next week.
| WILDALERT: Don't Let Yukon Flats be Traded Away for Oil Development (03/07/2005)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has described the 11 million acres of the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as a "natural, virtually undisturbed ecosystem." Despite that wholly accurate description, the agency is poised to deal away some of the refuge's premier wilderness lands for oil and gas development.
| WILDALERT: Great News--House Removes Arctic Refuge Drilling (11/10/2005)
The House Rules Committee has removed from the House Budget Reconciliation bill the provision that would have opened the Arctic Refuge to development. The provision that would have made it easier to drill for oil and gas in coastal areas currently off limits to development was also removed.
| WILDALERT: Help Protect America's Coastlines From Oil & Gas Development (05/16/2006)
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the FY 2007 Interior Appropriations bill this week. Your help is needed to ensure that this bill doesn't become the vehicle for rampant oil and gas drilling off our beaches and coastlines.
| WILDALERT: Interior Secretary Gale Norton Should Protect Otero Mesa (05/12/2005)
Under a plan finalized by the U.S. Department of Interior last January, 95% of wild Otero Mesa, in New Mexico, is open to oil and gas development. In an effort to stop this ill-conceived plan, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has filed suit against Interior Secretary Gale Norton for failing to adequately protect Otero Mesa. Secretary Norton can put a stop to the leasing plan.
| WILDALERT: Join us at Arctic Refuge Action Day, Sept 20 in Wash, DC (09/09/2005)
Join thousands of Americans for Arctic Refuge Action Day in Washington, DC, on September 20. Sign up now!
| WILDALERT: Keep Destructive Gas Development Out of New Mexico's Valle Vidal (08/18/2005)
'Valley of Life' will be drilled to death if gas greed prevails.
| WILDALERT: Keep Pipelines, Power Lines out of California's Parks, Wilderness Areas (California only) (02/15/2006)
California's national parks, monuments, wilderness, and other special wild areas may be at risk due to a new federal plan that designates power line and pipeline energy corridors across many western states. Here at home, energy companies are advocating for numerous corridors in California that if approved, could forever change the landscape of many of our most treasured conservation areas.
| WILDALERT: Legislation Would Remove Offshore Drilling Ban (06/26/2006)
This week the House of Representatives will be voting on whether to lift the 25-year old ban on drilling in ecologically sensitive areas of America's coastlines. H.R. 4761, the "Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act," would remove the ban on oil and gas development off the West coast, East Coast, and Florida coastlines.
| WILDALERT: New Arctic Refuge Threat, But Good News on Mining (12/15/2005)
New Arctic Refuge Drilling Threat Emerges -- Your Calls Needed
After being blocked on Budget bill, drilling proponents target Defense spending bill.
| WILDALERT: Oil well proposal threatens Glen Canyon NRA, Grand Staircase (07/26/2005)
In a rugged, remote corner of Utah, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument -- protected federal lands -- are under threat from a proposed oil-drilling project.
| WILDALERT: Otero Mesa threatened by NM Land Commissioner decision--calls needed (07/14/2005)
Yesterday, New Mexico State Land Commissioner Patrick Lyons stomped on the voices of New Mexicans by siding with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in their plan to open 95% of Otero Mesa to irresponsible oil and gas development. Please tell Commissioner Lyons you think his decision to support full-scale development of Otero Mesa is not in the best interest for New Mexicans or our quality of life.
| WILDALERT: Protect the Arctic - Spread the Word! (05/24/2006)
We need to make sure that we get as many people as possible to contact their Representatives in the next few days.
| WILDALERT: Protect the Arctic Refuge (05/18/2006)
Some cynical politicians in Washington will stop at nothing to open our Arctic Refuge to oil drilling. Now these politicians have reached the height of cynical politics - they are threatening to hold hostage legislation to make our cars and trucks more energy efficient.
| WILDALERT: Renewed Arctic Refuge Battle in Congress (03/14/2006)
Big Oil and its buddies in Washington are up to their old tricks again. In a sign of just how strong the drilling obsession is for some politicians, a dangerous provision to drill the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been slipped into the Senate's Budget Resolution, again.
| WILDALERT: Senate Votes for Arctic Refuge Drilling (03/17/2006)
On March 16, 2006, the Senate narrowly passed (51-49) an FY07 budget resolution that could lead to opening the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling. The extraordinarily close vote on this resolution is an indication of how much your emails and phone calls helped, and just how controversial this issue remains. The battle for the Refuge now moves to the House, which is expected to take up its own FY07 budget resolution the week of March 26th.
| WILDALERT: Special Earth Day Thank You to an Arctic Refuge Hero (04/22/2005)
While the energy bill, including an Arctic Refuge drilling provision, passed the House of Representatives on Thursday, more Representatives voted against Arctic Refuge drilling than in a similar vote in 2003. Meanwhile, Congressional negotiators are deciding whether to include language in the final Budget Resolution that would pave the way for drilling.
| WILDALERT: Your Action Still Needed for Arctic Refuge (04/11/2005)
As Congress gets back to work this week, we know you are as interested as we are in next steps for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
| WILDALERT: Your Representative Can Stop Arctic Refuge Drilling in its Tracks! (03/27/2006)
Two weeks ago, the U.S. Senate passed a budget resolution that included a provision to drill the protected Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Despite being soundly defeated by the efforts of millions of conservation-minded Americans last year, drilling pushers have pledged to do everything they can to force their Arctic Refuge drilling plan through Congress this year. Your Representative can make sure this bad idea stop in the U.S. House of Representatives. Please call today! A vote is scheduled for March 29th.
| Wilderness Report #105 (11/21/2003)
Roadless policy - Idaho Wilderness - Western Arctic oil & gas leasing (NPR-A)
| Wilderness Report #108 (1/9/04) (01/09/2004)
Tumacacori Highlands Proposed Wilderness (AZ) - Otero Mesa opened to oil & gas drilling - Tongass exempted from Roadless Rule - Utah slideshow
| Wilderness Report #109 (1/23/04) (01/23/2004)
Otero Mesa public forum - Final Medicine Bow Forest Plan released - NPR-A opened to oil and gas - State of the Wild report - High Country news highlights Wilderness threats
| Wilderness Report #110 (2/6/04) (02/06/2004)
Boulder-White Clouds - Otero Mesa - Red Desert
| Wilderness Report #118 (6/4/04) (06/04/2004)
Otero Mesa (NM) - Upcoming Wilderness annivesaries - Mt Hood Summit II (OR)
| Wilderness Report #119 (6/25/04) (06/25/2004)
Nevada wilderness - Resolution on 40th Anniversary of Wilderness Act - Boulder-White Clouds - Tongass amendment - Virginia Wilderness
| Wilderness Report #120 (7/9/04) (07/09/2004)
Boulder-White Clouds - Hearings on Wilderness bills in Congress - Oregon update
| Wilderness Report #121 (7/23/04) (07/23/2004)
Five Wilderness bills in spotlight this week - Oregon Wilderness bill introduced
| Wilderness Report #136 (3/11/05) (03/11/2005)
Arctic drilling passes Senate. Utah National Forests wilderness proposal. Two book reviews.
| Wilderness Report #149 (9/23/05) (09/23/2005)
Puerto Rico Wilderness bill passes House. Monongahela National Forest hearings in WV. Legislation introduced to protect Valle Vidal in NM.
| Wilderness Report #159 (02/24/2006)
More towns pass resolutions in support of Wilderness for Dona Ana County, NM. Communities pass resolutions opposing Valle Vidal energy development. Wilderness Society honors three Arctic Refuge heroes.
| Wilderness Report #176 (10/20/2006)
President signs Northern California Wilderness Bill; Southern California Wilderness Bill introduced; New Hampshire delegation advocates for New England Wilderness Act; Briefs from Too Wild to Drill and New Mexico Wilderness Conference.
| Wilderness Report #181 (01/12/2007)
Arctic Refuge Wilderness Act Introduced in House on January 4, 2007; PBS Airs Documentary on Proposed Boulder-White Clouds Wilderness; Wilderness Advocacy Group in Nevada Develops Stewardship and Restoration blog
| Wilderness Report #190 (05/18/2007)
1) Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Legislation Introduced; 2) House Subcommittee Holds Haring on Virginia Ridge and Valley Act of 2007; 3) Reps. Salazar and Udall Work to Delay Colorado's Roan Plateau Leasing; 4) Mount Hood Wilderness Bill Discussed in Senate Subcommittee Hearing; 5) Arizona's Proposed Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Features in Arizona Highways; 6) The Wilderness Classifieds
| Wilderness Report #191 (06/01/2007)
1) Wild Sky Wilderness Approved by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Full Senate Consideration Expected Soon; 2) Sportsmen and Conservationists Agree on Doña Ana County Wilderness Proposal; 3) Wilderness Brief: West Virginia Wilderness Heroes Recognized by The Wilderness Society; 4) Wilderness Brief: National Landscape Conservation System Legislation Passed by Senate Panel, Hearing Scheduled in House;
5) The Wilderness Classifieds
| Wilderness Report #193 (06/29/2007)
1) House Committee Approves Virginia Ridge and Valley Act of 2007; 2) Effort to Prevent Drilling on Colorado’s Roan Plateau Continues; 3) The Wilderness Classifieds
| Wilderness Report #200 (10/05/2007)
1) Wilderness Report #200: A Look Back at Wilderness Since Our First Issue; 2) Southern California Wilderness Bill Introduced by Representative Mary Bono and Senator Barbara Boxer; 3) House Agriculture Committee Hearing Held on Virginia Ridge and Valley Act; 4) National Foundation Created to Protect and Expand National Conservation Landscape System
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“EPCA III” Fact Sheet  (06/06/2008)
The Bureau of Land Management's “EPCA III” report paints a highly misleading portrait of the extent to which the development of federal onshore oil and gas resources are “inaccessible” to development. Despite the
report’s implications to the contrary, most federal onshore oil and gas resources are available for leasing and drilling, and have been for a long time.
| 100 Years of Conservation, 100 Days of Public Lands Assault (04/21/2004)
America has been a global leader in the protection of wild places since the time of Theodore Roosevelt. Today, our 100-year legacy is at risk, with some of America’s most wild places threatened by overzealous oil and gas development and harmful logging. These are a few of the national treasures that have been under attack in the past 100 days.
| About Arctic Action (07/21/2005)
Arctic Refuge Action is a coalition of conservation, religious and Native American groups representing millions of Americans who believe the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge should remain wild, unspoiled, and free of oil rigs.
| Abuse of Trust -- A Brief History of the Bush Administration's Disastrous Oil and Gas Development Policies in the Rocky Mountain West (05/26/2004)
Although Federal law requires that the public lands be managed to protect a host of environmental values, as well as to provide opportunities for commercial exploitation of commodity resources, a series of administrative decisions beginning within the first months of the Bush Administration have made oil and gas development the dominant use of the public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
| Administration Report Shows Most Federal Oil & Gas Already Available For Development in the Rocky Mountain West (09/24/2003)
Factsheet: Despite industry and Bush Administration claims that too much federal land in the Rocky Mountain West is unavailable for energy development, a report issued by the Bush Administration in January 2003 indicates that, in fact, most of the federal oil and gas resources in this region are currently available for leasing and development.
| Administration's Record on Public Lands at Earth Day 2004 (04/21/2004)
Bush Administration policies are a significant and often radical departure from past approaches to stewardship. The move is away from balance and conservation for future generations and toward a short-term orientation that puts industrial development ahead of long-term conservation. Key examples of these changes are set out below.
| Analysis - Time Sensitive Plan (TSP) Oil and Gas Development (01/12/2006)
An area by area breakdown of TSP oil and gas development statistics.
| Analysis of BLM Instruction Memorandum 2005-247 (10/07/2005)
Review of BLM’s Instruction Memorandum 2005-247 that provides guidance on NEPA compliance in oil, gas and geothermal exploration and operations resulting from the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
| Analysis of BLM’s Oil and Gas Development 2001-2007: Explosion of Drilling and Leasing Hits Rocky Mountain States Hardest (05/31/2008)
The last seven years have seen an unprecedented rush to lease and approve permits to drill on federal public lands. Despite the massive numbers of acres already under lease and available for drilling and the huge surplus of acres leased and Applications for Permits to Drill approved, industry, the Bush Administration, and BLM continue to insist they need access to millions of additional acres and push for opening more sensitive lands to development, particularly in the Rockies.
| Analysis of Current Federal Actions Authorizing Drilling of New Wells (October 2007) (10/06/2006)
In October 2006, The Wilderness Society’s BLM Action Center conducted a preliminary analysis of land use plans and large-scale projects approved or in the process of approval in the states of Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming in order to estimate the number of new oil and gas wells likely to be approved for drilling over the next 15 to 20 years.
| Analysis of Habitat Fragmentation from Oil and Gas Development and Its Impact on Wildlife: A Framework for Public Land Management Planning (05/28/2008)
This scoping brief is submitted as part of the NEPA process for this land management proposal. It is intended to identify habitat and wildlife impacts that must be analyzed in the plan, demonstrate the potential impacts on wildlife of habitat fragmentation from oil and gas development at various well-pad densities, and offer methodologies to assist the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to fulfill its responsibility to analyze the direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts on wildlife of proposed oil and gas development in the management plan.
| Analysis of Otero Mesa Record of Decision (ROD) and Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment (01/27/2005)
A lack of true commitment to protecting the region’s natural resources.
| Analysis of Recent BLM Oil and Gas 'Instruction Memoranda' (08/18/2003)
Analysis of BLM's directive to state managers to expedite review of lands for oil and gas development, making energy production - not protection - the agency's highest priority.
| Analysis of Senate Energy Committee's FY06 Budget Reconciliation Recommendations (10/27/2005)
Analysis of Senate Energy Committee's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Drilling Provisions in their FY2006 Budget Reconciliation Recommendations (analysis courtesy Trustees for Alaska).
| Anaysis - Time Sensitive Plan (TSP) Oil and Gas Summary Methodology (01/12/2006)
Due to the ever changing boundaries of BLM Field Offices and Resource Management Areas, any comparison between old plans and new plans is problematic. As such, TWS provides this document to explain the methodology used to collect information and perform calculations as part of the Time Sensitive Plan (TSP) Oil and Gas Summary.
| Approved Drilling Applications: 1989-2001 (04/05/2000)
Chart showing approved applications for permits to drill in the lower 48 states: 1989-2001.
| Arctic Myths vs. Facts (10/04/2001)
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Myths vs. Facts
| Arctic Oil vs. Imports (04/05/2002)
Arctic Refuge oil won't make a dent in oil imports!
| Arctic Reality Check -- Drilling Into The Legislation (10/07/2005)
A close look at proposed Arctic Refuge drilling legislation shoots massive holes into drilling proponents' claims that oil development could and would be done in the "right way" or in an "environmentally sensitive way." If drilling could really be done without harming wildlife or the ecology of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, then why is the proposed legislation full of clauses that grant exemptions, weaken standards, cut out the regular checks and balances, and then dress it all up to look far more protective than it really is?
| Arctic Refuge "2,000-acre" Myth Map (03/09/2005)
Map of what 2,000-acres of oil development would look like by drilling proponents' math
| Arctic Refuge Drilling and Gas Prices: Not a Solution, Now or Later (05/08/2008)
Proponents of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge opportunistically and incorrectly point to rising
gasoline prices as a reason to drill for oil in one of America’s last wild places. If oil were discovered in commercial
quantities, it would take 10 years before a single drop could be produced. Recent U.S. Energy Information Administration data indicates that in 2030, when oil discovered in the Arctic Refuge would be near peak production levels, the effect at the gas pump would be about two pennies per gallon.
| Arctic Refuge Oil Would Not Significantly Affect Oil Prices (03/09/2005)
Fact Sheet
| Big Game Impacts from Energy Development in Wyoming's Upper Green River Valley (factsheet) (09/05/2003)
Factsheet summarizing key points from report on big game and expanding energy development in Wyoming's Upper Green River Valley.
| BLM’s Competitive Oil and Gas Leasing & Drilling Process (06/17/2008)
This fact sheet summarizes the process by which the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issues leases
for oil and gas development and then permits drilling of those leases. The major steps in this process are set out and, for each step, an overview is provided of how the terms of a lease are affected and the opportunities for public participation and influence of oil and gas operations.
| Bush Rhetoric vs His Record (08/08/2003)
Bush Rhetoric vs His Record
| Desolation Canyon, UT, Removed from Wilderness Consideration (10/30/2003)
BLM has removed Desolation Canyon in Utah from consideration for Wilderness designation in order to allow oil and gas development.
| DOE Drilling and Imports (03/18/2002)
Department of Energy Report Shows that Oil Drilling in Arctic Refuge Would Have Negligible Effect on Oil Imports
| Drilling in the Rocky Mountains? Not so Fast! An Assessment of Surplus Drilling Permits & Leases on Federal Public Lands. (04/15/2004)
Fact sheet on upcoming report that examines permits and leases for drilling on public land in the Rocky Mountains. Many leases and drilling permits have gone unused at considerable taxpayer expense and calling into question the need to lease additional acres of public land, especially proposed wilderness, or to accelerate the application process for drilling permits.
| Drilling Not the Solution to U.S. Energy Challenges (06/03/2004)
A compendium of links to reports that demonstrate the flaws in the Administration's "drill first" policies.
| Economically Recoverable Oil and Gas in BLM National Monuments - Chart (04/29/2002)
Chart: Economically Recoverable Oil & Gas In the New Bureau Of Land Management (BLM) National Monuments
| Energy - Oil Gas Access - BLM Lands (02/23/2001)
The oil and gas industry has ready access to BLM lands.
| EPCA Fact Sheet (06/04/2004)
Fact sheet about the government's 2003 "EPCA" study, showing that most federal oil and gas is available for development in the Rocky Mountain West.
| Fact vs. Fiction: Correcting the Interior Department's Fallacious Oil and Gas Claims (08/26/2004)
The Department of the Interior (DOI) has received tremendous criticism about its rapacious oil and gas leasing program, which continues to target the West's most fragile lands even though far more permits have been issued than the industry can possibly drill. In response to that criticism, DOI in August 2004 produced a fact sheet, Producing Energy and Protecting Wildlife for America, that unfortunately contains a number of misstatements, which are rebutted in this factsheet.
| Fact vs. Fiction: The BLM’s Otero Mesa Record of Decision (ROD) (01/28/2005)
On January 24, 2005, the Bureau of Land Management released its Record of Decision on the fate of New Mexico's Otero Mesa region. Although BLM was quick to call its plan "environmentally sensitive," the agency’s rhetoric does not equate to real on-the-ground protections for this unique and threatened grassland.
| Factsheet on BLM's Abandonment of Wilderness Protection (08/12/2004)
The Administration's 'No More Wilderness' settlement with the State of Utah is leading to the destruction of America's wild places. BLM has renounced its responsibility to inventory for and protect wilderness values. After disavowing its right to designate Wilderness Study Areas, the Administration promised to protect wilderness values in other ways, but has not done so and instead has continued to jeopardize the public's wild lands.
| Factsheet: Alpine No Environmental Showpiece (02/09/2005)
Proponents of opening the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil development profess a commitment to strict environmental regulation, and they assert that new technologies – particularly ice roads and directional drilling – will make drilling in the Arctic Refuge environmentally benign. But the sprawling, piecemeal development at Alpine has far exceeded the oil companies' initial disclosures, and its environmental and other impacts keep increasing.
| Factsheet: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (01/13/2005)
There is no greater place in America to experience wild nature, hike, fish, hunt, raft, camp, or simply lose oneself to the natural rhythms of the land. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has called the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's 1.5 million acre Coastal Plain "the center for wildlife activity" for the entire refuge. But the oil industry and its allies in the White House and Congress are lobbying hard to open this part of the refuge to oil drilling.
| Factsheet: Arctic Refuge Drilling and Gas Prices: Drilling Nets About a Penny per Gallon, 20 Years From Now (08/07/2006)
Proponents of drilling Arctic National Wildlife Refuge point to rising gasoline prices as a reason to drill one of America’s last wild places. But in reality, Arctic Refuge oil would amount to a drop in the bucket of the oil market. The U.S. Department of Energy’s own Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that even twenty years down the road, when Arctic Refuge oil is at or near peak production, gas prices would be affected by about a penny per gallon.
| Factsheet: BLM Oil & Gas Leasing Program (02/03/2005)
Pertinent facts on BLM's Oil and Gas Leasing Program.
| Factsheet: BLM Oil and Gas Leasing Program in the Rockies (12/06/2004)
Over 42,000,000 acres of BLM lands are currently under lease for oil and gas and most oil and gas resources on public lands in five Rocky Mountain States are available for leasing and development.
| Factsheet: BLM White River Field Office Amendment Process Flawed (06/26/2006)
BLM agrees to let oil and gas industry hire a contractor to prepare a critical document that seeks
to justify more oil and gas development without considering the other values of these public
lands. With valuable resources at stake, the public deserves a process it can trust.
| Factsheet: BLM's Competitive Oil and Gas Leasing & Drilling Process (03/28/2006)
Fact sheet summarizing the process by which the Bureau of Land Management issues oil and gas leases and then permits drilling of those leases. The major steps in this process are set out with, for each step, an overview of how the lease terms are affected and the opportunities for public participation and influence of oil and gas operations. (A one-page overview of the fact sheet is on the last page of this document.)
| Factsheet: Current and Pending Attacks to Weaken NEPA in the Public Lands Context (04/11/2006)
The National Environmental Policy Act is facing threats along many fronts, including Congressional and White House task forces, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, using wildfire fears to weaken National Forest protections, grazing programs, and national security/border issues.
| Factsheet: Federal Onshore and Offshore Oil & Gas Leasing and Development (07/07/2006)
More than 75 million acres of federal onshore lands and lands within the Outer Continental Shelf are currently under lease for oil and gas development. Moreover, most identified federal oil and gas resources are located within areas that are currently available for leasing and development.
| Factsheet: Harmful Public Land Provisions in the FY06 House Reconciliation Bill (12/06/2005)
A list and description of provisions in the House version of the FY2006 Budget Reconciliation bill that harm public lands.
| Factsheet: HR 2337, The “Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007” (05/30/2007)
An analysis of HR 2337, which contains various reforms to the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
| Factsheet: Mining Claims in National Park System Units (11/18/2005)
State-by-state listing of mining claims, including acreage, in national park system units across the West.
| Factsheet: Moving Toward A New Energy Future (10/04/2005)
Increased efficiency and reduced demand -- rather than drilling in our last special places -- is our most sustainable and forward-thinking energy solution.
| Factsheet: North Slope Oil Development: Air and Water Pollution, Spills, and Sprawl (08/10/2006)
Three decades of oil industry public relations have drilled away at one familiar theme that belies the reality on the ground: that drilling can be done in an "environmentally responsible" fashion. The reality is that the sprawling industrial infrastructure and pollution associated with drilling on the North Slope continue to have pervasive, lasting, and serious environmental consequences.
| Factsheet: Oil and Gas Drilling in Roadless National Forests (12/06/2004)
There are 192 million acres in our national forests. Nearly 100 million acres have been logged, drilled, or developed in some other way. 58.5 million acres in our national forests are still roadless but have been at risk of development. The Bush administration has been trying to eliminate the Roadless Area Conservation Rule and in 2004 revised the rule, requiring the Governor of each state to petition the Forest Service for continued protection of roadless areas. This change will likely open roadless lands to commercial exploitation.
| Factsheet: Oil Development Would Harm Arctic Refuge Wildlife (11/02/2005)
Study after study consistently proves that wildlife has been harmed by development on the North Slope of Alaska. In 2003, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released a study that documented major cumulative
impacts of oil development on wildlife, wilderness, and Native American cultures across an extensive
area of the North Slope.
| Factsheet: Potential Oil from America's Arctic Refuge Is No Solution for High Oil Prices or Foreign Oil Dependence (02/18/2005)
Details on 2005 EIA Analysis of impact of Arctic oil on imports and prices.
| Factsheet: The New Technology Scam (02/09/2005)
In the push to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil development, the big oil companies and their allies in the Congress, Administration, and Alaska state government say drilling on Alaska’s North Slope has been clean and environmentally benign. This is misleading because industry has caused significant environmental damage, the benefits of dubious “new” technologies are often exaggerated, and state of the art practices are often not used due to economics or practical reasons. The result: cumulative harm to the pristine envir |
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