The Bureau of Land Management issued seasonal fire restrictions for public lands managed by the Bakersfield Field Office effective May 25 due to dry conditions and high wildland fire danger.
Community groups, tribes, and conservation organizations are calling for federal agencies to address routine failures to protect low-income communities and communities of color in California’s San Joaquin Valley from pollution caused by nearby oil and gas extraction on public lands.
The Department of the Interior today announced a $33 million investment through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to put people to work plugging, remediating and reclaiming orphaned oil and gas wells in national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges, and on other public lands.