Controlling Off-Road Vehicle Abuse
The off road vehicle problem: Since the 1970’s, off-road vehicle (ORV – machines like ATVs, dirt bikes, and jeeps) use has been an increasing problem on our public lands. Along with the environmental degradation comes user conflicts. The noise, dust, and fumes of ORVs are inherently at odds with quiet recreationists and [...]

The Roadless Area Conservation rule protects 58.5 million acres of national forest lands from most commercial logging and road-building, and is the most sweeping land conservation measures in a generation.

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Overwhelming Benefits

Source of recreation for nature lovers and sportsmen
Important for critical habitat for fish and wildlife, including more than 1600 threatened or [...]

1872 Mining Law:
Drowning in the Nineteenth Century
By Nathan Newcomer
Associate Director
It’s hard to imagine what the American landscape would look like today without Stewart Udall, the legendary interior secretary who recently passed away after a lifetime of championing conservation. Well before the modern environmental movement came of age, Udall was responsible for scores of new [...]