The Wilderness Society

04/11/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 04/11/2024 13:05

5 conservation and climate wins we could see soon!

Expected rules would be new public lands approach

Recently, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved a plan to ban new oil and gas development on the Thompson Divide along Colorado's Western Slope-a huge conservation win many years in the making. Now it looks like we could be in for even more good news.

Thanks to a congressional deadline approaching in the coming weeks, we could soon see a slew of big conservation steps by the Biden administration, ranging from a final BLM Public Lands Rule to new protections in Alaska's Western Arctic.

Taken together, these new rules and actions would amount to a holistic approach to conserving public lands while embracing their potential to help the U.S. transition to a clean energy economy.