Protect Utah's Red Rock Country

The Department of the Interior is working on new policies for oil and gas leasing on public lands that are expected within the next few weeks.

Not surprisingly, Big Oil and Gas have mounted a campaign to derail the new guidelines, meaning it's up to us to loosen the grip of the oil and gas industry and take back our public lands.

Help us keep Utah's Red Rock canyon country and other cherished Western lands free of gas wells!

Use our letter below to urge Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to move forward with new guidelines that will protect our wild lands from unnecessary oil and gas drilling.

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Dear Secretary Salazar,

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I was delighted when you recently told the media that "Trade groups for the oil and gas industry need to understand that they do not own the nation's public lands. Taxpayers do." I could not agree more with that statement, and I am writing today to ask you to move forward quickly with your agency's proposed reforms to its oil and gas leasing program.

Under your leadership, the Department of the Interior's balanced approach to the management of our public lands has been a refreshing change.  I especially support your decisive action regarding the court's Utah leasing decisions. I am confident that the Interior Department is well positioned to learn from the mistakes of the last administration, thanks to your decision to have a team of experts analyze the leasing decisions and program.

I urge you to incorporate all of the Review Team's recommendations into Interior's oil and gas leasing program. The Team encouraged BLM to take a more active role in identifying appropriate lease parcels and performing on-the-ground reviews. Leasing decisions must recognize and protect the wildlife, wilderness, and cultural values of our public lands while providing for orderly, well-planned energy development. Honoring all these valued resources as you reform the Bureau of Land Management's oil and gas program is crucial to the Interior Department's effort to provide sound public lands stewardship.

Please know I support your effort to "take back" our public lands from the oil and gas industry as you continue to move the country toward better care of these lands that belong to all Americans.

Sincerely,

Thank you.

[Your name]
[Your address]

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