BLM Delays Offering Oil and Gas Leases in Colorado

BLM Delays Offering Oil and Gas Leases in Colorado

Officials with the Bureau of Land Management will consult with the Navajo Nation before moving forward with plans to open more than 18,000 acres to oil and gas drilling in Colorado. The agency had planned to offer the tracts, which are on the doorstep of Great Sand...
Forest Service to Give Nestlé New Permit

Forest Service to Give Nestlé New Permit

The Forest Service yesterday agreed to issue a new permit to Nestlé, allowing the world’s largest water-bottling company to continue to remove millions of gallons each year from a creek on California’s San Bernardino National Forest. Joseph Rechsteiner, district...
Lawsuits Filed Over Minnesota Mining Proposal

Lawsuits Filed Over Minnesota Mining Proposal

In a trio of lawsuits, businesses and conservation groups are challenging a Trump administration decision to reinstate two expired mineral leases that could clear the way for industrial copper mining on the border of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Twin Metals...
Spotted Owl Decline Continues

Spotted Owl Decline Continues

The Northwest Forest Plan, the landmark 1994 compromise designed in large part to protect northern spotted owls, will not alone be sufficient to save the deep-forest bird, according to a new scientific report. Last week, the Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research...