Been a month or two since I've posted but I had a request.
I'll have to make this short. I'm taking a Public Lands Conservation/Conflict Resolution course and I need to write a short 20pg paper analyzing a public lands conflict. I'm one of the few in the course who tends to challenge the status quo of, "The BLM, USFS, USDFW, etc. are all good honest well-informed people who never make any knee jerk scientifically unsound policy decisions, etc." I have some leeway in choosing a topic as long as I clear it. Most of my research is obviously focusing on the mining industry and trying to objectively analyze the historical and present day shortcomings of both the federal agencies and interest groups representing various outdoor recreation users or industries(Prospectors, ORV Groups, Mining, environmental groups, etc.)
Anyway, If any of you are aware of any small or large scale public land conflicts regarding the mining industry that have gotten some press either locally or nationally let me know. It should be a current ongoing debate though, not so much something thats old or already been completely resolved.
Examples of public land conflicts some other guys are doing are Moab, Utah. Well known for mountain biking and off road vehicle use. On the other side of the coin environmental groups are lobbying for scaling back the current rights of ORV users and even shutting down trails. In this instance the BLM is actually fairly objective and has done a reasonably decent job protecting the rights of the recreation users. Partly because so much of the economic lifeblood is related to tourism of ORV users and mountain bikers they are getting a lot of local pressure to not doing anything that might hurt local economies. Thats a good example of a public lands conflict. Anyone with ideas suggestions please post them. It can be small but it also has to be researchable.
Death Before Disnonor
I'll have to make this short. I'm taking a Public Lands Conservation/Conflict Resolution course and I need to write a short 20pg paper analyzing a public lands conflict. I'm one of the few in the course who tends to challenge the status quo of, "The BLM, USFS, USDFW, etc. are all good honest well-informed people who never make any knee jerk scientifically unsound policy decisions, etc." I have some leeway in choosing a topic as long as I clear it. Most of my research is obviously focusing on the mining industry and trying to objectively analyze the historical and present day shortcomings of both the federal agencies and interest groups representing various outdoor recreation users or industries(Prospectors, ORV Groups, Mining, environmental groups, etc.)
Anyway, If any of you are aware of any small or large scale public land conflicts regarding the mining industry that have gotten some press either locally or nationally let me know. It should be a current ongoing debate though, not so much something thats old or already been completely resolved.
Examples of public land conflicts some other guys are doing are Moab, Utah. Well known for mountain biking and off road vehicle use. On the other side of the coin environmental groups are lobbying for scaling back the current rights of ORV users and even shutting down trails. In this instance the BLM is actually fairly objective and has done a reasonably decent job protecting the rights of the recreation users. Partly because so much of the economic lifeblood is related to tourism of ORV users and mountain bikers they are getting a lot of local pressure to not doing anything that might hurt local economies. Thats a good example of a public lands conflict. Anyone with ideas suggestions please post them. It can be small but it also has to be researchable.
Death Before Disnonor