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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.
| Vroom Report (10/7/03) (10/07/2003)
Yellowstone Snowmobiles comments due in one week - Denver Post editorial on ATV threats to National Forests
| Vroom Report (9/23/03) (09/23/2003)
Dirtier snowmobiles - Salt Lake Tribune on snowmobile emissions - ATV accident claims 5 children
| Vroom Report (9/9/03) (09/09/2003)
Cleaner snowmobiles not so clean - Park Service list of approved snowmobiles - Draft Yellowstone rule
| WildAlert News December 2006 (12/06/2006)
Victory in court for National Forest roadless areas. Go Wild in California's Cache Creek Wilderness. Save open space and read about the places you helped protect in 2006.
| 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 2006 (11/01/2006)
Plummeting funds for National Wildlife Refuges force massive cuts in staff and closing of some refuges. Go Wild in Wyoming's Upper Green River Valley. New California wilderness designated.
| 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: 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: An Offering of Thanks (11/22/2005)
A special Thanksgiving message from Eleanor Huffines, Anchorage, Alaska.
| WILDALERT: Critical Areas of Kenai Peninsula Would be Open to Snowmobiles Under Proposal (06/06/2006)
At 5.5 million acres, the Chugach National Forest in southcentral Alaska is the nation's second largest. One of its best-known wonders is the Kenai Peninsula, rich in natural beauty, fish and wildlife. The U.S. Forest is developing a winter use plan for the area that could surrender 85 percent of it to snowmobile use. We need your help to prevent that.
| WILDALERT: Green Mountain Forest Plan Is Long on ATV Accommodation, Pitifully Short on Wilderness (04/15/2005)
The future of Vermont's Green Mountain National Forestis at stake as the Forest Service develops a new management plan for the forest. The agency's draft plan recommends far too little wilderness protection and proposes opening up much of the forest to all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). Please tell the Forest Service to recommend more wilderness and keep the forest free of ATVs.
| WILDALERT: Help Us Secure Enduring Wildness For Denali National Park (07/12/2005)
The National Park Service is now drafting a management plan that will govern Denali National Park's backcountry for the next decade and beyond. The agency has proposed opening 4 million acres of the Park to snowmobiling and increased airplane tours which will destroy the natural quiet and alter the wilderness experience.
| WILDALERT: Help Us Stop Gale Norton's Last Public Lands Giveaway (03/22/2006)
In her final weeks at the Department of Interior, Secretary Gale Norton is spearheading an effort to streamline a policy to make it easier for states and counties to build highways on public lands. The end result of this last-minute maneuver could be the construction of thousands of miles of roads on some of our most unspoiled public lands.
| WILDALERT: Hoover Wilderness Addition Threatened By Illegal Snowmobile Use (04/02/2005)
For more than 20 years, the U.S. Forest Service has banned snowmobiles from the proposed Hoover Wilderness Addition in California. Unfortunately, this prohibition is blatantly violated and snowmobiles are a common sight. The Forest Service has stood by idly and done nothing. Now, instead of taking steps to enforce the existing law, the agency is proposing to change the rules to accommodate unlawful snowmobile use!
| WILDALERT: ORV Amusement Park Proposed Next to Sonoran National Monument (07/27/2006)
The Sonoran Desert National Monument is the heart of one of North America's largest and most diverse desert ecosystems. However, a private group has asked the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to hand over a square-mile of public lands practically adjacent to the Sonoran Monument so that the group can build an off-road vehicle theme park. Nothing could be more inappropriate. The resulting damage would irreversibly harm the Monument.
| WILDALERT: Plan Threatens Arizona Monuments' Most Prized Resources (03/10/2006)
The Grand Canyon-Parashant and the Vermilion Cliffs were added to America's treasured roster of National Monuments so their exceptional values could be protected forever. The challenge for us is to ensure that the promise is fulfilled. How hard that might be is now evident in a draft management plan for the areas that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released for public comment. It's a plan long on roads and motors, pitifully short on protection for priceless resources.
| WILDALERT: Rocky Mountain Front's Future on the Block in New Travel Plan (08/09/2005)
The Forest Service is considering a travel plan that could shield Montana's spectacular Rocky Mountain Front from the growing threat of unchecked off-road vehicles, but only if the agency selects the sensible alternative in the process. We need your help to ensure that it does.
| WILDALERT: Urge Park Service to protect Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks (Residents in and around Bozeman, MT, & Jackson, WY) (03/10/2006)
The Bush Administration has initiated yet another study--the fourth--to justify continuing snowmobile use in Yellowstone and Grand Teton. This study is underway despite volumes of evidence showing that snowmobile use threatens the Parks' wildlife, air quality and natural sounds. The outcome of the current study will result in the final plan for winter use in the Parks
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BLM Prepares to Leave Land Unprotected  (09/19/2000)
The BLM is proposing to amend its planning policies to dilute and likely contradict its legal obligation to specifically designate and identify ORV routes during resource management planning.
| Bush Rhetoric vs His Record (08/08/2003)
Bush Rhetoric vs His Record
| Colorado Travel Management Planning Fact Sheet  (06/10/2008)
This fact sheet outlines many of the issues that are occurring in Colorado around travel and recreation management planning.
| Fact Sheet: USFS Travel Management Rule and the Travel Planning Process (03/05/2007)
Fact sheet developed by the Recreation Planning Program outlining the USFS’s Travel Management Rule of 2005, the FS’s responsibility under the rule, and questions to ask to better understand how your local national forest is implementing travel planning.
| Factsheet on Yellowstone National Park and Snowcoaches (09/16/2004)
After 14 years of study, the National Park Service three separate times has determined that phasing out snowmobile use inside Yellowstone and transitioning to snowcoaches is required to protect the Park and its visitors. The snowcoach solution will continue full, motorized access to the Park, provide needed certainty for gateway communities, and protect Yellowstone for future generations. The transition to snowcoaches also is overwhelmingly supported by the American public. Further study of this issue only serves to slow the needed transition, to delay needed public health protections, and to waste tax dollars.
| Factsheet: What Might The West Look Like in 10 Years? (11/21/2005)
A snapshot of future land use and population changes as they impact public lands across the West.
| Grand Canyon Facts - Safety (08/23/2002)
Grand Canyon Oar-Powered Trips are just as Safe as Powerboat Tours. Factsheet on myths and facts about Colorado River transportation.
| Grand Canyon Facts - Timeline (08/23/2002)
Timeline of Grand Canyon History. Factsheet.
| Grand Canyon Facts - Who Rafts River (08/23/2002)
Who Rafts the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon? Factsheet based on Park Service and Bureau of Reclamation studies looking at differences between these user groups, and resulting permit allocation on the river.
| National Forests Factsheet (01/24/2000)
Facts, current issues, and a chronology of National Forests.
| Owyhee Initiative: roads, access, and Owyhee County (04/12/2004)
There are thousands of miles of roads in Owyhee County, Idaho, that provide access to almost 5 million acres of public land. Despite the enormous number of roads, many places in Owyhee County retain its wild character.
| Summary of BLM's IM on Comprehensive Travel and Transportation Management Planning (10/31/2007)
A summary of BLM's IM on Comprehensive Travel and Transportation Management Planning
| USFS Economic Spending Profile Report of National Forest Visitors, 2005 (06/04/2007)
Fact Sheet developed by the Recreation Planning Program outlining important findings from the USFS’s Spending Profile Report about how much off-road motorized users spend when visiting a national forest compared to quiet, traditional recreationists.
| Utah Travel Management Planning Fact Sheet (06/09/2008)
This fact sheet outlines many of the issues that are occurring in Utah around travel and recreation management planning.
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A Citizen's Guide to the BLM Resource Management Planning Process (01/01/2002)
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) must develop comprehensive land use plans for public lands using a planning process that offers significant opportunities for public participation. This guide outlines the planning process, specifies where citizens can become involved, and suggests ways to most effectively leverage grassroots efforts.
| Conservationist's Guide to BLM Planning & Decision-Making (08/08/2003)
A set of tools for conservationists designed to teach them how to use the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to engage the BLM during the agencies' land use planning and decision-making processes.
| Wilderness Act Handbook -- 40th Anniversary Edition (2004) (05/04/2004)
This handbook is designed as a reference for those working to protect what is left of wild America. It sets forth the relevant laws, regulations, and policies that govern the creation, expansion, and management of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and addresses important wildenress management issues. The Wilderness Act is printed in its entirety, along with interpretation and excerpts from and analysis of subsequent legislation that has influenced the designation or management of wilderness.
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GrandCanyon - Alliance Press Release - River Plan (08/23/2002)
Grand Canyon Coalition Press Release: Coalition Urges Public Comment to Protect Wilderness in Grand Canyon: Current Colorado River Management Plan fails to protect Wilderness (8/9/2002)
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110th Congress: Agenda of American Values (12/08/2006)
Agenda for the 110th Congress released by Rep. Nick J. Rahall, Chairman-elect of the Committee on Natural Resources.
| A Hiker's Perspective: US Forest Service Travel Management Planning  (12/20/2007)
Presentation developed by American Hiking Society about the impact that the Forest Service's travel management planning process has on hikers.
| Colorado Urban Frontcountry Initiative Recreation Strategy (12/20/2007)
The Urban Front-country Initiative is an effort to implement the Colorado Recreation Strategy adopted by Colorado Forest Supervisors to help them strike a balance between providing recreation opportunities that are within the agencies capability to sustain resource stewardship. The purpose of the strategy is to better protect and enhance the recreation opportunities for the urban users of the front range forests.
| Letter to Senators from TWS and Partners asking Congress to appropriate funds to Legacy Roads Remediation Initiative - 2007
Letter by TWS and partners requesting Congress to appropriate funding to remove degraded roads from national forests.
| Letter to US Forest Service Region 5 Regarding Off-road Driving Exceptions (02/09/2007)
Letter written by The Wilderness Society with signatures from coalition partners submitted to USFS Region 5 regarding how the region should manage for dispersed camping and retrieving big game in the travel planning process.
| Letter to USFS Region 2 Regarding the Implementation of the Travel Management Rule (10/18/2007)
Letter written by The Wilderness Society and coalition partners submitted to US Forest Service Region 2 providing insight into how the agency should implement the travel management rule, specific issues that the agency must address and information the agency must consider.
| MVUM Baseline System Spreadsheet  (12/21/2007)
Spreadsheet to be used as a tool to identify what constitutes a forest's official baseline road and trail system.
| National Park Service Directors' Letter to Sec. Kempthorne about Yellowstone (03/26/2007)
Text of a letter sent by seven former directors of the National Park Service to Interior Secretary Kempthorne. The directors write opposing a proposal to return more snowmobile use to Yellowstone National Park.
| Opportunities for Action on Recreation Issues in Oregon (04/23/2008)
Updated listing of planning actions and other recreation-related work ongoing in Oregon.
| Opportunities for Action: Arizona (11/26/2007)
Current listing of transportation and recreation management opportunities in Arizona.
| Opportunities for Action: Colorado (11/26/2007)
Current opportunities to act on recreation and travel management policy decisions in Colorado.
| Opportunities for Action: Idaho (11/26/2007)
Current opportunities for action and comment on recreation and travel management policies in Idaho.
| Opportunities for Action: Montana (11/26/2007)
Current opportunities to act and comment on recreation and travel management projects in Montana.
| Opportunities for Action: New Mexico (11/26/2007)
A listing of current recreation and travel management projects in New Mexico.
| Opportunities for Action: Utah (11/26/2007)
Current opportunities to comment and engage in recreation and travel mangement planning in Utah.
| Southern Rockies Conservation Alliance Dispersed Campaign Policy (08/15/2007)
This policy was written by a coalition of CO organizations outlining SRCA’s position regarding off-road driving for dispersed camping and game retrieval.
| Travel Management Methodologies (12/21/2007)
Sets out the ten steps an agency should complete in order to develop a comprehensive travel plan, from an initial assessment of goals and resources, through developing appropriate management (including route designation) and ongoing monitoring, evaluation and adjustment. Developed by Colorado Mountain Club and TWS.
| US Forest Service Region 1 Guidelines for Implementing the Travel Management Rule (09/06/2006)
Implementation guidance document developed by US Forest Service Region 1 providing direction to forests in the region about how they should approach travel planning and implement the travel management rule.
| US Forest Service Region 2 Collaboration Guide (02/05/2007)
Document developed by Forest Service Region 2 providing guidance and recommendations to forests in the region about how to communicate and collaborate with the public to have a consistent approach to implementing the travel management rule.
| US Forest Service Region 6 Guidelines for Implementing the Travel Management Rule (09/06/2006)
Implementation guidance document developed by US Forest Service Region 6 providing direction to forests in the region about how they should approach travel planning and implement the travel management rule.
| USFS management of off-road driving exceptions in the travel management rule: Motorized dispersed camping and big-game retrieval (11/19/2007)
Memo outlining how various USFS regions are managing for the dispersed camping and big game retrieval cross-country driving exceptions. The memo highlights important language from various regional guidance documents so you will have a better understanding of how these exceptions are being managed across the west.
| Yellowstone: Letter from Former NPS Officials to Sec. Norton on Snowmobiles (09/11/2003)
In this unprecedented letter in late May 2003, leaders of the National Park Service under Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton came together to condemn a decision to extend and increase snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park.
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Council on Environmental Quality 1979 ORV Report (07/30/2008)
The Council on Environmental Quality developed this report about ORV use on public lands in 1979. The report looks at the issues surrounding ORV use on public lands, analyzes the policies taken by the land agencies to address the issues, and offers solutions.
| Ecological and Financial Implications of Roads in the Monongahela National Forest (10/14/2004)
New report addresses roads management in West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest by exploring the ecological and financial implications of the road system. The report explores the legal framework that the Forest Service must follow in managing roads and synthesizes the relevant conservation principles related to road effects and the ecological values associated with large unroaded areas.
| Ecological Effects of a Transportation Network on Wildlife (07/31/2003)
A spatial analysis of the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. This report presents compelling evidence that the current transportation network in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument has had a significant impact on wildlife populations and other fragile resources across the landscape.
| Environmental Record of Bush Administration (05/12/2006)
A list of Bush Administration actions targeting our public lands.
| Motorized Access on Montana's Rocky Mountain Front (08/26/2003)
This report presents a context for an access plan on the Rocky Mountain Front as well as addressing limitations of current analyses, needs for further assessment and analysis and suggestions for mitigation. Recommendations are offered for research toward sustaining communities of selected wildlife, especially those in decline and sensitive to motorized access and other human impacts.
| Natural Dividends: Wildland Protection and the Changing Economy of the Rocky Mountain West (09/26/2007)
In this report, we synthesize recent research from economists and other scientists to provide a new picture of the economy of the contemporary Rocky Mountain West. This picture—broader and more accurate than the commonly held view that the region’s economy is heavily dependent on resource extraction—recognizes the full value of protected public lands in ensuring sustainable economic development.
| Protecting Northern Arizona's National Monuments: The Challenge of Transportation Management (09/30/2004)
New report examines the relationship between transportation networks and wildlife habitat in the Arizona Strip. Through GIS analysis, comparisons are made between the BLM's inventoried transportation network and a proposed citizen’s conservation alternative.
| Reconnecting the Landscape: A Transportation Management Opportunity in the Boise National Forest (11/01/2005)
This report examines the breadth of this transportation network and explores its possible ecological effects. The authors of the study conducted a spatial analysis that documents what already has been lost due to roads – and identifies a remarkable conservation opportunity.
| Roadless Area Conservation Along Montana's Rocky Mountain Front: Are We Losing Ground? (08/25/2004)
New report demonstrates how the Forest Service's proposed road and motorized trail network would threaten the ecological integrity of the Rocky Mountain Ranger District of the Lewis and Clark National Forest in Montana.
| State of the Environment: Bush Strikes Out (04/18/2002)
This report documents failures by the Bush administration to protect air, water, land, and wildlife, showing how the administration consistently sides with industry eager to make a quick profit.
| Taxation Without Representation: Taking the Public out of "Public Land Management" (04/15/2002)
While the country is focused on the war on terrorism, the Bush Administration is methodically shutting out the public's right to participate in the management of our public lands. This report provides a brief description of seven Administrative decisions, responses from the conservation community, related press coverage and other background information.
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Comments on Kenai Winter Access Draft Environmental Impact Statement (06/11/2006)
Comments from The Wilderness Society, Alaska Center for the Environment, and the Sierra Club on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Kenai Winter Access Management Plan. The organizations commend the Forest Serviceon certain points but also feel that the general focus of the DEIS is disproportionately weighted toward recreational use and social issues.
| Comments on the Wheeled Motorized Travel Management in the Sierra National Forest (12/03/2007)
Comments on the notice of intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) associated with wheeled motorized travel management in the Sierra National Forest was submitted by The Wilderness Society, Center for Biological Diversity, California Wilderness Coalition, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, and residents of Mariposa.
| GrandCanyon - Scoping Comments (11/01/2002)
Comments of the Grand Canyon Wilderness Alliance (GCWA) on the scope of the Colorado River Management Plan (CRMP).
| Scoping Comments for the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management Area Travel Management Plan (01/19/2007)
Scoping comments submitted by The Wilderness Society on the BLM's intent to prepare a Travel Management Plan for the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management Area.
| Testimony: B. Meadows on San Rafael Western Legacy District and National Conservation Act (03/07/2000)
Testimony of William H. Meadows, President, The Wilderness Society, on H. R. 3605, "The San Rafael Western Legacy District and National Conservation Act," for the written record of the March 2, 2000 hearing of the House Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, March 2, 2000. |
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