The future of the voluntary federal land grazing permit retirement option.
Read MoreRetiring Grazing Permits, Part 3: Future of the Voluntary Retirement Option
Jared Huffman
How US Public Lands Can Help Save the Climate and Ourselves
Rather than limiting ourselves to the micro and at the margin, the public lands conservation community must go for the macro and at the core.
Read MoreNew US Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Exploitation: Costly and Short Lived (Part 2)
For economic, environmental, and societal reasons equally applicable to today’s and future generations, the United States should eschew any new offshore oil and gas exploitation and continue its progress toward a fossil fuel–free sustainable energy economy a decade or two earlier than it otherwise would.
Read MoreProtecting the Pacific Northwest Offshore Ocean for This and Future Generations
Abstaining from mineral development offshore is the only way to protect the marine environment and the renewable resources that depend upon it.
Read MoreOregon’s Wildlands Should Matter At Least as Much to Oregon Legislators as Alaska's and Utah's
However, their cosponsoring a tundra wilderness bill in Alaska and a red rocks wilderness bill in Utah—at relatively large acreages of 1.6 and 9.1 million acres respectively—contrasts unfavorably with the Oregon congressional delegation’s efforts to conserve and restore Oregon’s green forests, tan deserts, and blue waters for the benefit of this and future generations.
Read MoreNow That’s a Member of Congress!
With some tweaks, the proposed Northern California Conservation and Recreation Act can be a great bill that when enacted into law will be a gift of enduring benefit to this and future generations of North Coast Californians, all Californians, and all Americans.
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