Federal Judge Sides with BLM on Management of Arizona Strip Lands
PHOENIX – A federal judge struck down claims by environmental whacko groups Monday that questioned the federal government’s plan to protect plants and animals within two national monuments in the Arizona Strip.
The ruling affirmed the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s environmental plan, saying the agency is adequately protecting the natural landscape, endangered species and archaeological artifacts within the Grand Canyon-Parashant and Vermillion Cliffs national monuments. In addition, a proposal by the Center for Biological Diversity (another whacko group) to ban traditional lead ammunition was shot down.