comparemela.com

Latest Breaking News On - ஆப்ரி பெர்ட்ராம் - Page 1 : comparemela.com

Butte News - Call for reform as oil, gas leasing on public lands resumes

Butte News - Call for reform as oil, gas leasing on public lands resumes
buttenews.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from buttenews.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.

Don t be fooled by oil and gas industry rhetoric | Columnists

Provided photo For decades, oil and gas companies have taken advantage of a broken federal leasing system in an effort to stockpile our nation’s precious public lands. The industry’s exploitation of this system has prompted Montanans and other stakeholders across the West to call for reforms to the leasing system. Those calls have gotten louder over the last few years as it’s become more apparent the system is undermining our public lands, outdoor recreation economy, and the economic health of local communities. Thankfully, the Biden administration acted quickly upon taking office, putting a temporary pause on all new oil and gas leasing so it can review the system and make it work better for everyone. As the administration uses this pause as an opportunity to evaluate the leasing program, it’s crucial that it address the glut of public lands the industry has leased.

Oil and gas leasing system is holding Montana back

For the last several years, the Bureau of Land Management has been holding a near perpetual fire sale of public lands in Montana, selling out hundreds of thousands of acres to the lowest bidders. Our broken oil and gas leasing system has not been updated in decades, and it’s holding Montana back, depriving us of what we need to create more jobs in the biggest sector of our economy and protect public lands from mismanagement and neglect. It’s high time to reform the system so the BLM can shift its focus from an industry that is plummeting towards one that is thriving — our $7 billion outdoor recreation economy.

How fossil-fueled politics undermined a backcountry compromise

In central Montana, sagebrush-covered hills roll gently down toward Arrow Creek before dropping off in dramatic cliffs where the creek joins the Missouri River. This Bureau of Land Management land, near the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, is prime habitat for deer, elk and game birds. Arrow Creek’s remote location and its renown as a hunting destination made it an ideal candidate to debut a new land-management designation: the backcountry conservation area. Backcountry conservation areas were conceived as a compromise between giving land the full protections and restrictions of a designated wilderness area, and offering no protections at all: a way to conserve big game wildlife while still supporting recreational access.

© 2025 Vimarsana

vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.