FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 30, 2024 Contact: Chandra Rosenthal, PEER, (303) 898-0798, cr********@**er.org Kevin Emmerich, Basin and Range Watch, (775) 764-1080, at**************@***il.com Laura Cunningham, Western Watersheds Project, (775) 513-1280, lc*********@***************ds.org Conservationists File Protest Against Plan for Massive Solar Development on Public Lands, Citing Neglect of the Old Spanish National Historic Trail WASHINGTON, DC – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Coalition Submits Comments on Yosemite National Park Visitor Access Management Draft Plan
Submitted to https://parkplanning.nps.gov/commentForm.cfm?documentID=138824 ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION – NO HARD COPY TO FOLLOW September 27, 2024 Cicely Muldoon Superintendent Yosemite National Park P.O Box 577 Yosemite, CA 95389 Subject: Yosemite National Park Visitor Access Management Draft Plan (VAMP) Dear Superintendent Muldoon: I am writing on behalf of the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks (Coalition), which represents
Coalition Joins Letter to Vice President Harris Urging Protections for Minidoka NHS
September 16, 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Vice President Harris: We appreciate your acknowledgement that the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II is an “act that we cannot forget … it is only by understanding our past that we build a better
Coalition Submits Comments to ACHP Regarding Termination of Section 106 Consultation on the Lava Ridge Wind Project
September 20, 2024 Rodney Parker Jr., ACHP BLM Liaison Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 401 F Street NW, Suite 308 Washington, DC 20001 Subject: Termination of Section 106 Consultation on the Lava Ridge Wind Project Dear Mr. Parker: I am writing on behalf of the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks (Coalition), which represents
Coalition Joins Opposition to EPA’s Approval of North Carolina Regional Haze Plan
7 Directions of Service * Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine Center for Biological Diversity * CleanAIRE NC Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks * Dogwood Alliance Forest Keeper * Friends of Big Ivy * I Heart Pisgah * MountainTrue National Parks Conservation Association * North Carolina Black Alliance Toxic Free North Carolina September 19, 2024 Dear
Coalition Comments on EPA’s proposed response to Utah’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan
Comments Submitted via regulations.gov: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/EPA-R08-OAR-2024-0389-0001 September 18, 2024 Clayton Bean Air and Radiation Division EPA Region 8 1595 Wynkoop Street Denver, Colorado 80202-1129 Subject: Comments on EPA’s proposed response to Utah’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan. Dear Mr. Bean and Regional Administrator Becker: We are writing on behalf of more than 2,800 members of the
Coalition Speaks with Inside Philanthropy on Gifts and Budgetary Shortfall
Coalition Chair Phil Francis spoke with Inside Philanthropy following the Lilly Endowment’s $100 million gift to the National Park Foundation about why fundraising success can also belie a deeper funding gap. Read more at this link.
Coalition Protests Grand Teton National Park, Moose-Wilson Road-NEPA Reversal of Bicycle Use
ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION – NO HARD COPY TO FOLLOW September 4, 2024 The Honorable Charles F. Sams, III Director National Park Service 1849 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20240 Subject: Grand Teton National Park, Moose-Wilson Road-NEPA Reversal of Bicycle Use Dear Director Sams: I write on behalf of more than 2,800 members of the Coalition to
Coalition Supports Protection of Scripps’s Murrelet in and around Channel Islands National Park
September 6, 2024 Samantha Murray President Marine Resources Committee California Fish and Game Commission 715 P Street 16th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 Subject: Market Squid Fishing within Channel Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Dear Ms. Murray: It has recently come to our attention that conservation community members appointed to the Squid
Coalition Applauds Congressional Support for Sáttítla National Monument
Release Date: September 4, 2024 Media Contact: Emily Thompson 202-758-3936 Coalition Applauds Congressional Support for Sáttítla National Monument Last week, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla sent a letter – co-signed by Senator Laphonza Butler and Representative Adam Schiff – to President Joe Biden, calling for the President to use the Antiquities Act to designate Sáttítla National
Coalition Submits Comments to EPA Region 8 Proposed Wyoming’s Regional Haze Plan.
Comments Submitted Via submitted via regulations.gov: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/EPA-R08-OAR-2023-0489-0001 September 3, 2024 Jaslyn Dobrahner Air and Radiation Division EPA Region 8 Mailcode 8ARD-IO 1595 Wynkoop Street Denver, CO 80202-1129 Subject: Comments on EPA Region 8’s proposed response to Wyoming’s Regional Haze Plan. Dear Ms. Dobrahner and Regional Administrator Becker: I am writing on behalf of more