More BLM lease protests
National conservation groups Trout Unlimited and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP) have joined the list of those protesting the proposed Bureau of Land Management's oil- and gas-lease sale on Dec. 19. Here's our story from today.
Trout Unlimited is specifically worried about leases in the Deep Creek Mountains, where a delicate and native population of Bonneville cutthroat are found.
TRCP had previously successfully petitioned the BLM to defer development in the Deep Creeks in 2007.
Here's some quotes a la a TRCP press release from Joel Webster, a staffer who covers the west for the non-profit.
“The TRCP protested the sale of these parcels in 2007 because the BLM based its decision to offer them on a land-use plan that’s 20 years out of date. Sportsmen had reason to celebrate when the agency subsequently acknowledged its mistake and withdrew those leases from auction – but we also hoped that the BLM would develop a plan for their management that balanced development with fish and wildlife. Now, however, the BLM is trying to ram through this sale before the end of the current administration,” Webster continued. “The American people deserve better management of our natural resources than a federal agency’s reliance on obsolete planning documents that could diminish public-lands hunting and fishing.”
It's nice to see national groups protest in the name of sportsmen, but it would sure be nice to see local groups doing the same.
— Brett
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