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Ourpubliclands.org is a place for hunters, anglers and other outdoor enthusiasts to get information about the public lands where they enjoy their favorite activities. The public lands issues this website focuses on include:
- Oil and Gas Drilling
- Oil Shale Development
- Public Lands Sales
- Hardrock Mining
- Protecting Wildlife Habitat and Migration Corridors
- Protecting our Recreation Opportunities on Public Lands
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- BLM Takes Step Backward on Utah Energy Leasing
- Interior secretary shows early promise
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- National Landscape Conservation Act Passes in the House
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- New Report by Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation Highlights Economic Impact of Hunting and Fishing
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Wildlife Diseases
Website Links:
- Partners for Fish and Wildlife
- Wildlife Disease Information Node
- Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance
- Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
- Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre
- Colorado Division of Wildlife
News Links:
- Wildlife disease debate heats up (Casper Star Tribune; 10/20/2008)
- Chronic wasting disease moves into northwest Wyoming (Billings Gazette; 10/19/2008)
- Elk study reignites controversy (Casper Star Tribune; 10/14/2008)
- Two deer test positive for chronic wasting disease (Casper Star Tribune; 10/14/2008)
- Red Rim Elk and Lichen Poisonin (Casper Star Tribune)
- Elk finally move to safety (3/20/08)
- Elk death toll nears 50 (3/18/08)
- Elk heading south from Red Rim area (3/15/08)
- Biologists try to save herd from lichen poisoning (3/12/08)
- More elk eat lichen, die (3/7/08) - It's a bad time to be a tree (2/15/08) - Casper Star Tribune
- Feds note brucellosis progress (2/5/08) - Casper Star Tribune
- Crossbred trout offers disease promise (2/4/08) - Casper Star Tribune
- Beetles trigger economic worries (2/3/08) - Casper Star Tribune
- Twenty elk test positive for disease (1/31/08) - Casper Star Tribune
- Elk trap themselves (1/30/08) - Casper Star Trubune
- Officials: river is not swimmable (1/23/08) - Casper Star Tribune
- Beetle scourge goes from bad to worse (1/15/08) - The Denver Post
- Pneumonia kills Colorado bighorns (1/3/08) - Casper Star Tribune
- Park plans to test its elk (12/29/07) - Casper Star Tribune
- Colorado trout fishery could rebound (12/27/07) - Casper Star Tribune
- Virus Kills Sheep, Wildlife in State (11/9/07)- Casper Star Tribune