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Ben Beach, 202-429-2655





News
 
 

Here are the latest news releases and statements from The Wilderness Society.

  • Groups Present 'Green Budget' Recommendations to Congress, President; Health, Communities and Conservation Top Priorities (02/02/2006)


  • Statement on the President's State of the Union Address (01/31/2006)


  • Upcoming Colorado Oil and Gas Lease Sale to be Largest Yet (01/30/2006)


  • Report Celebrates the Wyoming Range -- One of State's Unsung Gems (01/23/2006)


  • Proposed Pombo Changes to National Environmental Policy Act Receive Close Scrutiny (01/19/2006)


  • Analysis of “Time Sensitive” Plans Shows BLM Shifted Policies to Facilitate Dramatically Expanded Drilling in New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah (01/12/2006)


  • Bush Administration Guts Protections For Alaska's Teshekpuk Lake in Alaska (01/11/2006)


  • Helicopter Landings in Frank Church Wilderness Blocked (01/10/2006)


  • Virginia Gov. Warner Petitions for Roadless Area Protection (12/22/2005)


  • Tip Sheet -- December 22, 2005 (12/22/2005)


  • A Win for the Arctic Refuge (12/21/2005)


  • NEPA Task Force Releases Report (12/21/2005)


  • Mining Provisions to Sell-Off Public Lands Dropped by Congress (12/20/2005)


  • Holding Defense Bill Hostage for Arctic Refuge Drilling Is Indefensible (12/17/2005)


  • The Utah Wilderness Coalition Calls Success On Cedar Mountain Wilderness A Victory For All (12/16/2005)


  • Outdated Plan Puts Carrizo Plain National Monument at Risk (12/16/2005)


  • BLM Action Center Tip Sheet -- December 15, 2005 (12/15/2005)


  • House Bill Would Sell Off Western Monument Land (12/01/2005)


  • Tip Sheet -- Outdoor Recreation -- Nov. 29, 2005 (11/29/2005)


  • Conservation Groups Take Action To Protect Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (11/22/2005)


  • Arctic Drilling a Poison Pill as Reconciliation Bill Heads to Conference (11/18/2005)


  • Caribbean National Forest Wilderness Bill Passes Senate, Heads to White House For Final Approval (11/17/2005)


  • BLM Action Center Tip Sheet -- November 15, 2005 (11/15/2005)


  • BLM Actions Threaten Proposed Wilderness Across Colorado (11/10/2005)


  • House Drops Arctic Refuge Drilling From Its Budget Reconciliation Bill (11/10/2005)


  • Senate Passes Budget Reconciliation Bill with Provision to Drill the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (11/03/2005)


  • Logging Bill Introduced in Congress Would Severely Weaken Environmental Analysis and Public Involvement in our National Forests (11/03/2005)


  • New Forest Service Off-Road Vehicle Rules Not Tough Enough (11/02/2005)


  • Top 10 Halloween Horribles (10/31/2005)


  • Rewrite of National Park Policies Contains Damaging Proposals (10/27/2005)


  • House Resources Committee Reconciliation Bill Mandates Arctic Drilling and Public Land Sell-Off (10/26/2005)


  • Statement of The Wilderness Society Regarding H.R. 3603, The Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act (10/26/2005)


  • Report Finds BLM's Finest Western Lands Suffering (10/26/2005)


  • Klyza Linck to Direct Vermont-New Hampshire Effort For Wilderness Society (10/25/2005)


  • National Conservation Groups Ask Bush Administration to Stop Creating Controversy Over America's National Forests (10/19/2005)


  • Lawsuit Brought to Protect Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Zion and Bryce National Parks from Utah's Kane County (10/13/2005)


  • Citizen Petition Drive Launched to Reinstate Forest Protections (10/11/2005)


  • Joint Statement of Conservation Leaders on Roadless Citizen Petition Drive (10/11/2005)


  • House Passes Energy Bill Threatening Federally Protected Lands (10/07/2005)


  • Western Citizens Seek To Reinstate Roadless Area Protections: Roadless Repeal Challenged (10/06/2005)


  • Industry-Funded Scientific Study Shows Drilling Displacing Mule Deer in Wyoming's Upper Green River Valley (10/06/2005)


  • BLM Action Center Tip Sheet -- October 6, 2005 (10/06/2005)


  • Wilderness Society Honors Five, Placing Them on "Faces of Conservation" Wall (10/04/2005)


  • Area Twice the Size of Albuquerque Opened to Oil and Gas Drilling (09/30/2005)


  • Court Rules Administration Cannot Exclude Public Participation in Forest Service Projects (09/29/2005)


  • New Energy Bill Would Grease the Skids for Unfettered Oil and Gas Drilling on Public Lands (09/27/2005)


  • Utah Sets A New Course To Takeover Federal Public Lands, Federal Agency Complies (09/22/2005)


  • Thousands of Citizens Converge on Washington, D.C. for Arctic Refuge Action Day (09/20/2005)


  • Statement by William H. Meadows on Arctic Refuge Action Day (09/20/2005)


  • Utah's Highway Claims Across Public Lands Criticized by Federal Agency (09/07/2005)

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