Im 111 years of bipartisan land conservation, which began with president roosevelts leadership. The most glaring example is an ongoing attack on the Antiquities Act in general and the National Monument in particular. Trying to roll back as a taxpayer weight especially at a time when the administration is proposing significant staff cutbacks. In my opinion, another management designation is that they are seers Intertribal Coalition inspectors working to protect these lands. I believe any action by the administration to undermine protection for any other National Monument is illegal and i will strongly oppose any legislative attempt to weaken this monument status. Secretary zinke, the administration also attempting to unilaterally rule that has gone into effect on the blm mapping rule. The department now statistically dubious decision to suspend the methane waste prevention rule. This is a commonsense rule that implements in 97yearold requirement to prevent waste of federal natural gas.
A Bureau of Land Management rule that would, for the first time, count conservation as a legitimate use for public lands, along with mining, logging and other uses, is an "offensive" overreach of federal authority, Republicans said Thursday.
How to balance shared stewardship, co-management, and tribal sovereignty to protect and sustain more than 100 million acres of Indigenous lands in the U.S. is a fundamental question in conservation. Pat Gonzales-Rogers, a former director and current consultant for the Bears Ears Coalition, has brought his deep experience on these issues to the Yale School of the Environment this year.
Tribal leaders urged lawmakers Wednesday to pass a package of bills that would protect cultural and sacred sites by creating a new tribal cultural areas designation and require Native input on any decisions on those lands.