SVP & PALEO NEWS
Dire wolf skull, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, photo credit: Eric Scott
SVP 2024 Election Results
The recent election for the Vice President, Secretary, and Member-at-Large positions on the Executive Committee (the governing body of the Society) has concluded, and we can announce that Kristi Curry-Rogers ...
SVP’s comments on BLM-USFS’s proposed resource management plans for the Bears Ears National Monument
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service released a document describing its proposed resource management plans for the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, and ...
SVP responds to BLM’s response letter concerning “Community Pit #1” near Las Cruces, New Mexico
On February 21, 2024, SVP commented on the possible destruction of paleontological resources on U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) “Community Pit #1” near Las Cruces, New Mexico. On March ...
SVP sends a letter to BLM New Mexico State Office concerning BLM’s “Community Pit #1” near Las Cruces, New Mexico
SVP commented on the possible destruction of paleontological resources on U.S. Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) “Community Pit #1” near Las Cruces, New Mexico, through its remediation efforts to make ...
SVP’s comments on the proposed resource management plans for BLM’s Rock Springs Field Office in Wyoming
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Rock Springs Field Office in Wyoming released a document describing its proposed resource management plans for the public land in southwestern Wyoming, and SVP ...
SVP’s comments on BLM’s proposed resource management plans for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a document describing its proposed resource management plans for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, and SVP responded. For SVP’s submitted comment letter, ...
SVP’s Comments on BLM’s proposed oil and gas lease sales in southeastern Utah
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a document for public comment titled “Utah State Office Evaluation of March and December 2018 Oil and Gas Lease Sales Environmental Assessment”, ...
SVP 2023 Election Results
The recent election for the two Member-at-Large positions on the Executive Committee (the governing body of the Society) has concluded. We received 529 votes (approximately 35% of the membership) and ...
SVP Comments on the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s Proposed ‘Conservation and Landscape Health’ Rules
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a set of proposed ‘Conservation and Landscape Health’ rules for public comment (RIN 1004-AE92): https://www.regulations.gov/document/BLM-2023-0001-0001. Because some fundamental components of the proposed ...
SVP Urges Funding Needed for the Enactment of the U.S. Paleontological Resources Preservation Act
SVP urges select 146 U.S. House Representatives and Senators to appropriate earmarked funds for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Forest Service) and Department of the Interior to enact the Paleontological ...
Utah H.B. 396 Now Acceptable
SVP is pleased that the proposed Utah H.B. 396, which SVP initially opposed on February 22, 2023, has developed into adequate legislation while also taking into account input from SVP ...
SVP Celebrates the Full Installment of the Rules of the U.S. Paleontological Resources Preservation Act
The Paleontological Resources Preservation Act (PRPA) was signed into law in the U.S. in 2009. It allows land management agencies to manage, preserve, and protect fossil resources on Federal (public) ...
