Public lands increasingly fail to meet environmental standards due to the activities of the Department of Agriculture and Department of Interior programs
A CLEAR PRIORITY IS NEEDED
Today twelve percent of Public Lands fail to meet environmental standards due Department of Agriculture and Department of Interior programs. Replacing Wild Horses and Burros with cattle is a large contributing factor. Cattle damage to Public Lands is documented in the Bureau of Land Management's own data.
Wild Horses and Burros contribute to RESTORING the health of Public Lands.
Congressional intervention is required to direct establishing a CLEAR PRIORITY to restore the health of public lands. Allocating Federal Funds to these two branches of the executive requires an in-depth application of prohibitions on how funds are utilized until appropriate results are forthcoming.
Over 60 million acres of public lands are failing to meet ‘rangeland health standards’ established by the Bureau of Land Management. With a problem that size the work to return the environmental health is complex. Ongoing programs must be curtailed and re-envisioned to change the outcomes. Often with strong opposition of the agencies and private entities which benefit from the status quo.
The action Congress must take is to remove the discretion of using Federal Funds for the benefit of special interests. No government program should provide unfair opportunity to a special interest group – especially at the cost of degrading the health of public lands.
Sustainability within individual government programs as a CLEAR PRIORITY is required. History shows the executive branch is failing to create this priority. It is the duty of Congress to mandate and direct beneficial change.
When Congress grants the Department of Interior’s annual budget request, the legislation must specify the desired result and demand reporting and transparent availability of ongoing management data. The same stipulations must apply for the Department of Agriculture.
The American people can easily observe that these agencies are not operating in the best interest of the long-term environmental health of public lands. Not even close.
It is no longer possible to just ‘trust’ the departments to do their job in the best interest of the country.
In addition to directing spending and demanding tangible results, Congress must apply consequences to misuse of the funds. The American people can easily see that when these departments are free to make decisions and implement activities without oversight the result is unsustainable.
What contributes to this failure?
- There is no demand for prioritizing sustainability
- Reporting from the departments lacks transparency
- Pressure from private lobby creates a conflict of interest
There are revisions in funding allocation Congress must implement in order to reverse the degradation of America’s Public Lands. Over 57 million acres of public lands are failing to meet ‘rangeland health standards’ established by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
- BLM precluded from using funds for roundups
- BLM precluded from using funds for new adoptions
- BLM precluded from procurement of forage on the commercial market
- BLM directed to incorporate rewilding for control of wildfire
- BLM directed to reduce cattle and sheep stocking rates on public lands
- BLM directed to increase fees for livestock grazing on public lands
- BLM directed to increase the grazing surcharge fee by twenty-five percent
- Department of Interior directed to provide open access all litigation activities
- The Burns Amendment rescinded by Congress
- Wild Horses and Burros declared native species by Congress
- Redirect funding for the Center for Agriculture and Bioscience
- PEER Rangeland Health Maps
- PEER Analysis Rangeland Health and the BLM Grazing Program
Public lands increasingly fail to meet environmental standards due to the activities of the Department of Agriculture and Department of Interior programs
A CLEAR PRIORITY IS NEEDED
Today twelve percent of Public Lands fail to meet environmental standards due Department of Agriculture and Department of Interior programs. Replacing Wild Horses and Burros with cattle is a large contributing factor. Cattle damage to Public Lands is documented in the Bureau of Land Management's own data.
Wild Horses and Burros contribute to RESTORING the health of Public Lands.
Congressional intervention is required to direct establishing a CLEAR PRIORITY to restore the health of public lands. Allocating Federal Funds to these two branches of the executive requires an in-depth application of prohibitions on how funds are utilized until appropriate results are forthcoming.
Over 60 million acres of public lands are failing to meet ‘rangeland health standards’ established by the Bureau of Land Management. With a problem that size the work to return the environmental health is complex. Ongoing programs must be curtailed and re-envisioned to change the outcomes. Often with strong opposition of the agencies and private entities which benefit from the status quo.
The action Congress must take is to remove the discretion of using Federal Funds for the benefit of special interests. No government program should provide unfair opportunity to a special interest group – especially at the cost of degrading the health of public lands.
Sustainability within individual government programs as a CLEAR PRIORITY is required. History shows the executive branch is failing to create this priority. It is the duty of Congress to mandate and direct beneficial change.
When Congress grants the Department of Interior’s annual budget request, the legislation must specify the desired result and demand reporting and transparent availability of ongoing management data. The same stipulations must apply for the Department of Agriculture.
The American people can easily observe that these agencies are not operating in the best interest of the long-term environmental health of public lands. Not even close.
It is no longer possible to just ‘trust’ the departments to do their job in the best interest of the country.
In addition to directing spending and demanding tangible results, Congress must apply consequences to misuse of the funds. The American people can easily see that when these departments are free to make decisions and implement activities without oversight the result is unsustainable.
What contributes to this failure?
- There is no demand for prioritizing sustainability
- Reporting from the departments lacks transparency
- Pressure from private lobby creates a conflict of interest
There are revisions in funding allocation Congress must implement in order to reverse the degradation of America’s Public Lands. Over 57 million acres of public lands are failing to meet ‘rangeland health standards’ established by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
- BLM precluded from using funds for roundups
- BLM precluded from using funds for new adoptions
- BLM precluded from procurement of forage on the commercial market
- BLM directed to incorporate rewilding for control of wildfire
- BLM directed to reduce cattle and sheep stocking rates on public lands
- BLM directed to increase fees for livestock grazing on public lands
- BLM directed to increase the grazing surcharge fee by twenty-five percent
- Department of Interior directed to provide open access all litigation activities
- The Burns Amendment rescinded by Congress
- Wild Horses and Burros declared native species by Congress
- Redirect funding for the Center for Agriculture and Bioscience
- PEER Rangeland Health Maps
- PEER Analysis Rangeland Health and the BLM Grazing Program