The year of living dangerously: Conservationist Terry Tempest Williams steps up to the BLM
by Ben Goldfarb from Environment | The Guardian on (#2764N)
A longtime advocate for public lands, Terry Tempest Williams has been at the forefront of fighting for conservation. This year, she stepped into the firing line
One cold day last February, Terry Tempest Williams, a prominent environmental author and advocate, stepped into Utah's Salt Palace to begin her unlikely career in the energy industry.
Salt Palace, Salt Lake City's largest convention center, was hosting a federal oil and gas lease sale, at which the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) would auction off 45,000 acres of public land for oil and gas extraction.
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