WildEarth Guardians

Friday, June 17, 2005
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for New Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Regulations

On June 17, 2005, the Bush administration released their version of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for new Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulations. There are some amazing omissions
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On June 17, 2005, the Bush administration released their version of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for new Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulations. There are some amazing omissions. In the initial version of the FEIS, BLM scientists concluded, "The proposed action will have a slow, long-term adverse impact on wildlife and biological diversity in general." An LA Times editorial reports: "a government biologist and hydrologist complained that their findings on how cattle grazing damages wildlands were rewritten to produce contrary conclusions. A "significant adverse impact" on wildlife, for instance, somehow became "beneficial to animals." Then the Bush administration announced that based on these rosy findings, it would relax rules that limit grazing on public lands." - LA Times

The BLM Draft Regulations:

BLM Draft EIS (comments begin on pg.4) (PDF) BLM Draft EIS excerpted comments (PDF) US Fish & Wildlife comments on the BLM Draft (DOC) US Fish & Wildlife excerpted comments (PDF)