This week, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt released a statement: “President Trump is committed to expanding public access on public lands…” So far so good! “… and this proposal is executing on that directive by opening and increasing more access to hunting and fishing.” Sigh. Clearly Trump is (intentionally) missing the point. The American people want […]
On April 25, the Trump administration released details of its plan to open up more than a million acres in California to oil drilling and hydraulic fracturing – including areas close to Sequoia, Kings Canyon and Yosemite National Parks. This is horrible news. The plan would end a 5-year moratorium on leasing federal land in […]
RENO, Nevada— The Trump administration plans to auction more than 900,000 acres for oil and gas extraction on the doorstep of Nevada’s only national park and other protected public lands. It would be the largest single lease sale of public lands in the lower 48 states in at least a decade. “The Trump administration is […]