Recently, the Donald Trump administration ordered that all wildland fires be extinguished regardless of where they are or what started them. Like his other land management ideas, this one is …
Tag: Public lands
Forest Service Faces Existential Threat from Trump Admin
OMB Director Russel Vought is closing all the USFS’ nine regional offices, closing 55 research offices that focus on fire and watersheds, and they plan to move the USFS headquarters from Washington DC to Salt Lake City on short notice.
The Only Way to Save the Colorado River
The Colorado River basin is entering a nightmare that responsible policy makers have warned about for more than a century. With a severe drought facing the entire basin and 40 …
Trump’s People Weaken Public Land Grazing Regulations
The Trump regime recently made sweeping changes to the way livestock grazing is regulated on public lands. Their changes would cause damage to public lands, public watersheds, and to wildlife. …
Protect what is wild before we lose these lands for good
This is a guest column which is well worth reading. By SOREN JESPERSEN Public lands are the backbone of the Western Slope. They supply our drinking water, sustain our wildlife …
Saving the Parks from Anti-Government Extremists
Yet Trump’s staff continues to dismantle our system of federal lands in direct conflict with the wishes of most Americas according to numerous polls.
Western Governor’s Association Target of Massive Protest
On Monday, June 23, at least a thousand New Mexicans gathered outside the Western Governor’s Conference to protest public land policies championed by Trump cabinet secretaries inside the Eldorado Hotel …
Trump Begins Big Attack on Interior Department
In the chaotic first 100 days on the second Trump administration, public lands agencies have mostly been spared from cuts and firings affecting other federal agencies. Now the top levels …
Stop Firing our Rangers
The national parks in New Mexico and beyond are facing a growing crisis because of the Trump administration’s mass firings of federal employees. The first round of firings of rangers …
National Park Service in Crisis
The federal workforce costs taxpayers $350 billion per year. That’s about 5% of the $6.5 trillion budget. The US Department of Interior employs about 63,000 people nationwide. The bulk of the federal budget goes to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and the Department of Defense.
