by Ed Shepard Finally, it appears that we are turning the corner on this terrible virus that has impacted so many people and created havoc to the Country. Slowly, it...
Author: George Stone
President’s Column – Spring 2021
by Ed Shepard Have you gotten your vaccination yet? A year ago, we were washing our hands a lot and staying home. In two weeks we’d “flatten the curve” and...
President’s Column – Winter 2021
by Ed Shepard Well, 2020 is finally behind us! To those of you that have, or are suffering through Covid-19, I hope you are on the mend and recovering well. My...
President’s Column – Fall 2020
by Ed Shepard As I was working on this column the news came out on the decision in the case of Bullock, et al v. BLM. As you are probably...
President’s Column – Summer 2020
by Ed Shepard COVID 2020 – Day Whatever. We certainly do live in interesting times. Who would have thought back in January, as we were beginning a new year and...
President’s Column – Spring 2020
by Ed Shepard Some of you have heard me say that I am a silviculturist, so by definition, I am an optimist. Further, I was a silviculturist in the hot,...
President’s Column – Winter 2020
by Ed Shepard The past year has been a year of change for our favorite agency, the Bureau of Land Management. The BLM is going through its biggest change since...
BLM Land Closures and Multiple Use—Does Anyone Care?
by Bob Anderson The Public Land Law Review Commission of the late 60’s made it clear that far too many acres of federal lands were off limits to anything that...
President’s Column – Fall 2019
by Ed Shepard Where did the summer go? I can’t believe that we’re already having cool weather and snow is in the air in the high country. I really don’t...
Multiple Use, Conservation, and Protection of Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management
by Bob Anderson, retired BLM DAD-300 I find it interesting the words that are used by the public, editors, land managers, and even Congressional members in labeling the status of...