West Virginians for Public Lands shares fact-based information as we work to defend our public lands. Sign up for email news and alerts at www.wvpubliclands.org and follow our Facebook account @wvpubliclands. Other resources include:
Antiquities Act & National Monuments
- Map of Monuments Under Review: https://wilderness.org/map-national-monuments-risk-
under-trump - Pew Trusts on Monument Reductions: http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/about/news-room/
opinion/2017/08/04/why-our-large-scale-national-monuments-should-stay-intact - Economic Benefits: https://headwaterseconomics.org/topic/public-lands/
Land and Water Conservation Fund
- Department of Interior Overview: https://www.doi.gov/lwcf/about/overview
- The Wilderness Society’s Map of LWCF by County: https://wilderness.org/mapping-
land-and-water-conservation-fund-lwcf - LWCF Projects in WV: http://projects.invw.org/data/lwcf/grants-wv.html
Roadless Rule
- Roadless Rule Fact Sheet: https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/WVPL-
Roadless-Rule-Fact-Sheet.pdf - Roadless Rule Recreation Areas: https://wvrivers.org/2018/01/3462/
- Appendix C of MNF 2006 EIS: http://www.wvca.us/envirothon/pdf/dolly-sods%20eis.pdf
Forest Service Firefighting Budget
- Fire borrowing: https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2017/09/14/forest-
service-wildland-fire-suppression-costs-exceed-2-billion - USFS Report: https://www.fs.fed.us/sites/default/files/2015-Fire-Budget-Report.pdf
- NWF Report: https://www.nwf.org/Latest-News/Press-Releases/2017/10-19-17-
Megafires-Report-Release
National Forest Management Planning
- Great video: https://www.outsideonline.com/2252881/how-get-involved-National-
forests?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebookpost - Forest Planning 101: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/planningrule/101
- Monongahela National Forest 2006 Forest Management Plan:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/mnf/landmanagement/planning/?cid=FSM9_011361
Public Land News:
- Outside Online: https://www.outsideonline.com/category/public-lands
- The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/series/this-land-is-your-land
- Men’s Journal: https://www.mensjournal.com/public-lands/