Public Land & Resources Issues

PEAC helps its clients monitor how government agencies manage and protect our public lands. Such public lands, like our National Forests and the vast areas in eastern Oregon managed by the Bureau of Land Management, provide essential habitat for many wildlife species, contain many of the watersheds that are critical for threatened salmonids and guarantee clean drinking water for many municipalities, and give people unique and unspoiled places to recreate and reconnect with nature. PEAC’s work includes submitting comments on proposed actions on public lands and drafting administrative appeals of agency decisions that our clients believe will adversely impact their use of public lands or the resources found on those lands. When necessary, PEAC also files lawsuits challenging agency decisions that could irreparably harm our public lands, the critters that live on them, or the public that uses them.