Garrett Robinson
Retired Marine, conservation advocate, and writer on public lands and waters, conservation funding, and practical conservation advocacy.
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The Roadless Rule Comment Deadline Moved and the Extra Time Matters (opens the original)
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When I wrote about the proposed repeal of the Roadless Rule in August, the most important point was also the simplest: the Roadless Rule had not been repealed yet.That remains true today.What has changed is the deadline.The U.S. Department of Agriculture has extended the public-comment period on its proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule by 15 days. The original September 21 deadline is now October 6. USDA said the extension is intended to give interested people addition
The Chesapeake Bay Has a New Federal Framework and the Details Matter (opens the original)
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For nearly two decades, one presidential executive order sat near the center of the federal government’s approach to Chesapeake Bay restoration. That changed on September 16.Executive Order 14428 revoked the 2009 Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration executive order and directed federal agencies toward a different emphasis: measurable water-quality improvements, on-the-ground projects and closer scrutiny of how federal resources are being spent. Eight
North Dakota’s Haze Proposal Tests How EPA Measures Progress in National Parks (opens the original)
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A view across Theodore Roosevelt National Park can look like a timeless feature of the landscape. The clarity of that view also reflects decisions made far beyond the park boundary, including how states regulate industrial emissions and how the Environmental Protection Agency interprets the Clean Air Act’s requirement for reasonable progress toward natural visibility.[1]EPA’s September 9 proposal for North Dakota puts that interpretation before the public. The agency would reverse portions of it
Carlsbad's New Land Plan Tests Whether Energy Access and Karst Protection Can Coexist (opens the original)
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Southeastern New Mexico is one of the hardest places in the country to pretend that energy development and conservation occupy separate maps. The same landscape holds globally important oil and gas reserves, working ranches, public recreation, municipal water concerns, wildlife habitat, and an extraordinary cave and karst system connected to the Guadalupe Mountains and Carlsbad Caverns region.The Bureau of Land Management’s proposed Carlsbad Resource Management Plan brings those interests into o
Clear Lake’s New Co-Management Pact Will Be Measured by What It Delivers (opens the original)
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On September 11, representatives of seven federally recognized Tribes, four local governments, and twelve California entities gathered at Big Valley Rancheria to launch a new framework for the Clear Lake watershed. The agreement announced by the California Natural Resources Agency places Tribal governments at the center of long-term work on water quality, habitat, native species, research, enforcement, public engagement, and workforce development. Its most visible biological focus is Chi, also
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