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Press Releases
Aug 4, 2005
Renegade Rancher Calls for State Militia to Stop Impoundment

Forest Service files Notice of Impoundment intending to round-up his unauthorized cattle
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Public Lands
Aug 3, 2005
USFS, Martinezes clash on grazing permit issue

A rancher whose cattle are scheduled to be removed from two grazing allotments for which he does not hold permits has asked Arizona's governor to
Contact: Walter Mares Copper Era - Eastern Arizona Courier

Public Lands
Jul 28, 2005
Comments regarding the Roadless Conservation Rule by New Mexico Governor (Audio)

Audio clip.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Public Lands
#Rewilding
Jul 28, 2005
Inslee and Boehlert Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Restore Roadless Area Protections

U.S. Rep Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) introduced legislation today to restore protections to roadless areas in America's national forests.
Contact: Rep. Inslee

Public Lands
#Rewilding
Jul 27, 2005
WildEarth Guardians wins Lawsuit to Obtain Data on BLM Grazing Permits used as Collateral for Bank Loans -10th Circuit Court of

WildEarth Guardians claims the lienholder policy has made banks a silent player in the subsidized destruction of western public lands, and is calling on the BLM to cancel the policy.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Public Lands
Jul 26, 2005
Groups applaud Forest Service for taking action albeit delayed against Renagade Rancher: Forest Service files Notice of Impoun

Forest Service records show that among other violations, Abelardo Martinez failed to pay his grazing fees, failed to maintain fences, and failed to fix a broken section of fence that allowed his cattle to trespass onto a neighboring Hickey allotment.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Public Lands
Jul 26, 2005
Representatives Leach and Slaughter Propose Ban on Logging in National Forests: Legislation offers a comprehensive solution to 1

"The US government is the only property owner I know which in effect pays private parties to deplete its resources."
Contact: Naomi Zeff Congressman Leach

Public Lands
Jun 30, 2005
Multiple Use Conflict Resolution Act of 2005 – HR3166

This bill provides compensation to livestock operators who voluntarily relinquish a grazing permit or lease on Federal lands where conflicts with other multiple uses render livestock grazing impractical, and for other purposes.
Contact: US Government

Public Lands
Jun 29, 2005
Born of Fire – A WildEarth Guardians Report

A comprehensive WildEarth Guardians' review of fuel treatment programs and fire management plans in the Southwestern Region of the U.S.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Public Lands
Jun 29, 2005
Group Calls for More Fire Use in the Southwest – WildEarth Guardians’ review of US Forest Service fire use in the southwest find

Where wildland fire use has been authorized and there is no threat to life or property, the Forest Service must allow fire to do its job. We can't ignore the most environmentally beneficial and cost-efficient way of restoring the health of our forests.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Public Lands