Posted by: Sandy Steinman | January 14, 2021

The Trump Administration takes a parting shot at California desert conservation

The Wilderness Society News Release

In the midst of a constitutional crisis, and in the waning days of an administration defined by attacks on the environment, the Trump administration is using a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposal to ruin a plan that protects millions of acres of the California desert’s most sensitive landscapes – including places with exceptional Native American cultural and historical value and critical habitat for native plants and animals, like the desert tortoise and bighorn sheep.

Read more at The Trump Administration takes a parting shot at California desert conservation | The Wilderness Society


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