Sportsmen Release Oil & Gas Recommendations
Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development released its Recommendations for Responsible Oil and Gas Development Monday July 21st.
The recommendations are based on a May 2008 symposium which featured expert land managers, scientists, and planners who met in Wyoming to develop a framework for implementing responsible energy development across the West. This report is the product of that unprecedented event and outlines sportsmen’s recommendations for oil and gas development that provide for our energy needs without sacrificing our Western heritage.
Clearly, the system for managing our public lands is broken when the agency entrusted with oversight of fi sh, wildlife and multiple-use planning baldly states, “Wildlife habitat would generally only be protected if a mineral commodity is not present for extraction.”5 Sportsmen are right to be concerned that a recent Bureau of Land Management (BLM) planning document states that fi sh and wildlife protection is contingent on the absence of minerals on public lands. From land-use and project planning to lease issuance and permit approval, the status quo fails to strike a balance between energy development and fi sh, wildlife and water resources.
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