Scientific Inventory of Onshore Federal Lands' Oil and Gas Resources and the Extent and Nature of Restrictions Or Impediments to Their Development
Scientific Inventory of Onshore Federal Lands' Oil and Gas Resources and the Extent and Nature of Restrictions Or Impediments to Their Development

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Published: 2006

Total Pages: 310

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"This release presents a large majority of the inventory of public oil and gas resources requested by Congress. The EPCA Phase II inventory is a comprehensive review of Federal oil and gas resources and constraints on their development within 11 geologic provinces across the United States. It is cumulative in that it incorporates the Phase I areas (geologic provinces of the Interior West). Further, it represents an expansion of the inventory to include previously unstudied areas in the Interior West, Northern Alaska and several Eastern basins. The EPCA requires that all onshore Federal lands be inventoried. Areas addressed in the Phase II inventory contain approximately 76 percent of the onshore natural gas and oil under Federal ownership. The inventory will be expanded in the future to include all Federal lands and resources"--Page xxi.

Greater Sage-Grouse
Greater Sage-Grouse

Author: Steve Knick

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2011-05-19

Total Pages: 665

ISBN-13: 0520948688

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Admired for its elaborate breeding displays and treasured as a game bird, the Greater Sage-Grouse is a charismatic symbol of the broad open spaces in western North America. Unfortunately these birds have declined across much of their range—which stretches across 11 western states and reaches into Canada—mostly due to loss of critical sagebrush habitat. Today the Greater Sage-Grouse is at the center of a complex conservation challenge. This multifaceted volume, an important foundation for developing conservation strategies and actions, provides a comprehensive synthesis of scientific information on the biology and ecology of the Greater Sage-Grouse. Bringing together the experience of thirty-eight researchers, it describes the bird’s population trends, its sagebrush habitat, and potential limitations to conservation, including the effects of rangeland fire, climate change, invasive plants, disease, and land uses such as energy development, grazing, and agriculture.

Inventory of Onshore Federal Oil and Natural Gas Resources and Restrictions to Their Development
Inventory of Onshore Federal Oil and Natural Gas Resources and Restrictions to Their Development

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Published: 2008

Total Pages: 392

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This EPCA Phase III Inventory includes, for the first time, the entire onshore United States. This is a detailed review of Federal oil and gas resources and constraints on their development within 18 geological provinces. In addition, the rest of the country was extrapolated from the results of these provinces studied in detail. For the Federal agencies that manage public land (principally the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service) and the citizens they serve, this Inventory will serve primarily as a planning tool. It provides public land managers with additional information to help develop land management plans. This report is a critical step in evaluating whether the documented impediments and restrictions are appropriate, and to what extent they constrain oil and gas development. The Inventory examines in detail six geological provinces in addition to the twelve included in the Phase II of EPCA. These six provinces are Central Alaska (Yukon Flats portion); Southern Alaska; Eastern Oregon-Washington; the Ventura Basin in California; the Eastern Great Basin in Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Arizona; and the Williston Basin in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Oil and Gas Development
Oil and Gas Development

Author: Anu K. Mittal (au)

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2005-11

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 9781422302347

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Rising U.S. energy consumption & concerns about dependency on foreign energy sources have prompted the admin. to aggressively pursue domestic oil & gas (O&G) prod., incl. prod. on public lands, which in turn has generated concern that the impacts of this activity may compromise the use of public land for other purposes. This report determined: (1) the extent to which the level of O&G develop. on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Mgmt. (BLM) has changed in recent years, & how the change has affected BLM's ability to mitigate impacts; (2) what policy changes related to O&G develop. BLM recently made & how these policies affected BLM's environ. mitigation activ.; & (3) what challenges BLM faces in managing its O&G program. Ill.