Push for oil hampers habitat management.

From: Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) | Date: March 9, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Staci Matlock

Mar. 9--The push for oil-and-gas development in the West is superseding the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's responsibilities to protect wildlife habitat and the environment, according to a former BLM wildlife biologist and a 2005 report from the U.S. General Accounting Office.

At least two BLM biologists say this isn't true in the Land of Enchantment.

Biologist Steve Belinda quit his job in the Pinedale, Wyo., BLM office in ...

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