Dave Alberswerth

When Western residents wake up to the fact that the Bush administration has a ... scheme to divest the public read more

When Western residents wake up to the fact that the Bush administration has a ... scheme to divest the public of its lands, I don't think people are going to like that very much.

This is not going to be politically acceptable to most people.

This is not going to be politically acceptable to most people.

The Bureau of Land Management has essentially become the bureau of oil and gas development.

The Bureau of Land Management has essentially become the bureau of oil and gas development.

They have to have a fairly recent analysis of the impacts before they can apply these categorical exclusions. If they're read more

They have to have a fairly recent analysis of the impacts before they can apply these categorical exclusions. If they're planning to improperly apply these exemptions ... in places where there are old land use plans that are out of date, then they are asking for legal trouble.

If this provision became law, it could literally lead to the privatization of millions of acres of public land, including read more

If this provision became law, it could literally lead to the privatization of millions of acres of public land, including national park and national forest land.