New BLM Solar Plans Seek to Balance Conservation and Renewable Energy Goals
Hunting, fishing organizations welcome a responsible approach to solar energy development on public lands
Category: Energy
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ICAST Summit Focuses on Shark Depredation, Offshore Wind
During the annual sportfishing trade show in 2024, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership moderated two panels to inform attendees about high-profile saltwater fisheries conservation issues.
Hunting, Fishing, and Conservation Organizations Applaud BLM’s Decision to Align Big Game Management with the State of Colorado
Final plan creates consistency between federal and state jurisdictions for oil and gas development within high priority big game habitat, sets the table to reduce impacts from renewable energy and recreation development.
TRCP Breaks Down Updates to BLM’s Oil and Gas Leasing Policies
The Bureau of Land Management has modernized its rules regarding oil and gas leasing on public land to reduce conflict between oil and gas development and fish, wildlife resources.
BLM’s Western Solar Plan Puts Western Big Game Herds at Risk
Solar goals can be achieved & wildlife habitat conserved through modified BLM proposal.
Removing Retired Gulf Rigs Ruins Offshore Fishing
Decades-old offshore oil and gas structures in the Gulf of Mexico, no longer involved in extraction, still provide critical marine habitat and prime fishing – and bipartisan legislation is aimed at protecting these rigs-turned-reefs.
The TRCP applauds BLM Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan for Establishing Backcountry Conservation Areas
Within BCAs, the BLM will prioritize conservation, restoration, and hunting and angling opportunities.
TRCP Responds to BLM Western Solar Development Proposal
Organization encourages BLM to conserve big game habitats & hunting and fishing areas as it advances solar development on public lands.
Why TRCP Supports BLM’s Proposed Updates to Oil and Gas Leasing
Updates will help reduce conflict between energy development and our sporting traditions.
Examining Alaska’s Biggest Oil Drilling Project in Decades
Breaking down the recent decision to approve the Willow oil project in Alaska, which also requires new habitat safeguards for the North Slope.
