US Wildlife Officials Aiming to Remove Wolf Protections in 2020 The Trump administration plans to eliminate endangered species protections for gray wolves across most of the country by the end of 2020, the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday. “We’re working hard to have this done by the end of the year and I’d say it’s very imminent,” Aurelia Skipwith told The Associated Press in a […] SnowBrains | September 1, 2020 1 Comment
Trump Administration Planning to Open 2.3 Million Acres of Wildlife Refuge Land for Hunting and Fishing The Trump administration plans to open 2.3 million acres of land for hunting and fishing at over 100 national wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries under a proposal announced on Wednesday, April 8, that aims to give Americans more recreational access on public lands. Several hunting and fishing have already said that they are in favor of the plan, but there […] SnowBrains | April 14, 2020 1 Comment
Miles of Utah Mountain Biking Trails Saved from Oil and Gas Companies The sale of several parcels of land near Moab, UT that included up to two-thirds of the popular Slickrock mountain biking trail has been reversed by the BLM, sparing the pristine area from oil and gas companies who were looking to drill there. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the Bureau of Land Management decided against selling the land to oil […] Cycle Martin Kuprianowicz | February 24, 2020 0 Comments
Plans Finalized to Open Up Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante to Drilling, Mining, and Cattle-Grazing Plans have been finalized by the Trump administration today, Thursday, Feb. 6, allowing energy drilling, cattle grazing, and mining on nearly one million acres of land in Southern Utah that once belong to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. This land includes Bears Ears, which has been subject to heated controversy in recent years. These companies are now one step closer to […] Martin Kuprianowicz | February 7, 2020 26 Comments
Iconic Moab, UT Trails Considered for Oil and Gas Drilling The Slickrock Trail is one of mountain biking’s most iconic rides and a Moab, Utah classic — but it might not be for long. Under a recent Bureau of Land Management proposal, the area could open to oil and gas drilling. The trail sits within one of seven parcels the agency is proposing opening to energy extraction, two of which […] SnowBrains | January 30, 2020 11 Comments
White Sands National Monument, NM to be America’s Newest National Park The list of U.S. National Parks is about to get a little longer, with the addition of White Sands National Monument in Southern New Mexico as the latest national park. Last Tuesday, Congress passed a bill designating White Sands as our country’s newest national park. The bill just has to go to President Trump where he will then decide to […] SnowBrains | December 23, 2019 0 Comments
Food Trucks and Amazon Deliveries | How the Government’s Privatization Plans Could Affect our National Parks A new proposal by the Trump administration to privatize national park campgrounds is reportedly under consideration. The proposal could allow private firms to run aspects of the nation’s campgrounds and could lead to Amazon deliveries at campsites within the parks (for an extra fee), bringing food trucks to popular parks and eliminating senior discounts during peak holiday seasons. Related: Controversial Plans Approved […] SnowBrains | November 6, 2019 0 Comments
Ikon Pass on Trump: “Colorado Already Has a Pretty Good Wall – that Continental Divide” In a speech in Pittsburg, PA yesterday President Donald Trump said that a wall is being built in Colorado. “And we’re building a wall on the border of New Mexico. And we’re building a wall in Colorado. We’re building a beautiful wall. A big one that really works — that you can’t get over, you can’t get under,” Trump said during […] SnowBrains | October 24, 2019 0 Comments
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