Andy Kerr

Conservationist, Writer, Analyst, Operative, Agitator, Strategist, Tactitian, Schmoozer, Raconteur

Aqua Fria National Monument

Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 1: Context and Case for the Voluntary Retirement Option

September 04, 2023 in Congress, Bureau of Land Management, Ecosystems, Endangered Species, Federal Lands, Forest Service, Legislation, Livestock Grazing

The option to voluntarily retire federal grazing permits is progressing, albeit in fits and starts.

The BLM’s Proposed “Conservation” Rule: Open for Comments

May 08, 2023 in Administration, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior, Ecological Reserves, Federal Lands, Livestock Grazing, Mining

The nation’s largest land manager is proposing a new “conservation” rule that might result in improved land management but more likely will serve as a shield for the agency to continue to degrade public lands at the expense of this and future generations.

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A ~1,000-word weekly exposition on some aspect of federal or state public lands in the United States. Some blog posts goes rather deep and serve as a useful (I hope) backgrounders on particular public land areas, matters or issues. Other weeks, you’ll find a topical piece addressing a public lands controversy of the moment. This blog not only defends, but also extols, public lands.

Andy Kerr of The Larch Company (www.andykerr.net) splits his time between Ashland, OR and Washington, DC. He has been significantly involved in the enactment of more than 25 pieces of federal and state legislation and in copious litigation pertaining to public lands. Dedicated to the conservation and restoration of nature, The Larch Company is a non-membership for-profit organization that represents species that cannot talk and humans not yet born. A deciduous conifer, the western larch has a contrary nature.

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