Sierra Magazine » Busting Out of Boom & Bust – July/August 2013 – Sierra Magazine – Sierra Club

Busting Out of Boom & Bust – July/August 2013 – Sierra Magazine – Sierra Club.

…Pitched battles between communities, industry, and the federal government aren’t efficient approaches to public-lands management, Kolbenschlag says. But citizens have few options as long as leasing and drilling proceed under outdated plans and policies that fail to consider how Western communities and public-lands use have shifted.”Unless communities are invited to the tables,” Kolbenschlag says, “we’re going to see pushback at all levels.”