Fracking and drilling operations are encroaching on national parks throughout the West, endangering both the parks and the economic and cultural role they play.
President Obama's second term has only recently begun, but it is off to a great start when it comes to preserving and protecting America's natural and historical treasures.
This is a big win for the people of New Mexico and our nation. And it isn't the only win this week for Veterans.
Secretary Ken Salazar has announced his retirement, bringing an end to his tenure at the Interior Department. I'm grateful to Secretary Salazar for his leadership in conserving America's lands and for protecting special places that pay tribute to our military heritage.
As a lifelong resident of New Mexico who has hunted and fished on public lands all over New Mexico and the West, I would like to thank our retiring Senator Jeff Bingaman for his decades of support of sportsmen and all citizens through his stewardship of our nation's natural gifts and wild places.
Sandy actually gives us a chance to rebuild a lot of infrastructure in a sensible way. We know a lot more today than we did when houses, apartment buildings, roads and mass transit systems were built 100 years ago.
Every acre of our National Forests and Grasslands is ours to enjoy and protect. At the National Forest Foundation, I get to help make sure that everyone knows it.
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Many veterans, like me, have turned to our parks and public lands as a means of recovery. That is why I am speaking out to protect America's public lands -- it is time to repay what these places have given to me and other veterans.
President Obama, through the Joining Forces Initiative, will be giving free annual passes to all of our National Parks and public lands to all active-duty military and their families. It might seem just like a nice gesture to offer the free pass, but it really is more.
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Lamborn's bill actually creates a new taxpayer-funded subsidy for companies like Shell by allowing cuts to royalties and shifting basic infrastructure and services costs onto the backs of struggling local governments.
There is a clash of values between many in Congress, who want to give away our great outdoors, and the American people, who want to protect these lands and waters that sustain us.
We thank Secretary Salazar because balance is crucial to protecting the wildlife, outdoor opportunities and sporting heritage that are such a rich part of Wyomingites lives.
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Disguised in the name of border security, H.R. 1505 undermines the future of our national parks and forests, rolls back landmark environmental protections, and opens the door to increased economic uncertainty in rural communities.
Despite claims by oil and gas companies, the truth is that we can have both more responsible energy development and common sense protections for western lands.
We are losing open space at an alarming rate. It is critical that we protect the green places we have and fight to maintain balance in the laws and policies that determine how our lands are managed.
Some in Congress are currently pushing legislation that would open more than 60 million acres, an area the size of Wyoming, of now-protected areas to extractive industries.
I have no doubt that if there were any way to drill for oil beneath our national parks and protected wilderness areas, industry would seize the moment.
Energy analysts are still staggering around for an answer to the Obama administration's news in Wyoming's coalfields to greenlight the mining of an estimated 750 million-2.4 billion tons of coal on public lands.
Major financial institutions in this country brought the nation's economy to its knees. And yet the federal government prosecuted this young activist's act of civil disobedience.
If the feds think this prosecution/persecution will deter us from working for a livable planet, they couldn't be more wrong. Tim was brave and alone. We will be brave in quantity.
