Forest Service using the threat of wildfires to meet timber targets
The agency has sought to minimize environmental oversight, and critics say the agency also has become incentivized to cut ...
Opinion: Beware the Trojan Horse of “affordable housing” targeting public land
Recently, some pundits have suggested that a fix for America’s housing problem is to sell off the public estate, thereby ...
State Land Office agrees to potentially historic land exchange
The New Mexico State Land Office signed an agreement that could lead to one of the largest land exchanges in New Mexican ...
2 land conservation groups square off in federal court battle
The Nature Conservancy is pitted against the Western Watersheds Project in an effort to put in reservoirs and fencing for the ...
Trump’s federal hiring freeze halts onboarding of federal firefighting crews ahead of wildfire season
The federal hiring freeze implemented by President Donald Trump has affected the hiring of a crucial group of federal workers ...
These 13 national monuments may be ‘at risk’ of losing federal protections, advocates warn
The National Park Conservation Association has identified 13 national monuments it considers at risk after a recent Interior ...
Alaska plane crash updates: Bodies of all 10 victims recovered, identified
The aircraft operated by Bering Air dropped off the radar on Thursday afternoon. The bodies of all 10 onboard were recovered ...
How Interior secretary review of monuments and public lands could affect Arizona
In one of his first secretarial orders, Doug Burgum ordered staff to review public lands with an eye toward opening them to ...
New Interior secretary orders review of monuments, public lands closed to mining, drilling
In one of his first secretarial orders, Doug Burgum ordered staff to review public lands with an eye toward opening them to ...
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Days before Trump took office, Interior approved oil and gas leases for land bought during 2019 public auction
Days after President Joe Biden gave his farewell address to the nation on Jan. 15, the Bureau of Land Management approved oil ...
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Portion of Sterling Wildlife Management Area will be closed for prescribed burn to improve wetlands
SOUTHEAST IDAHO — Idaho Fish and Game's Southeast Region is working with the Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of ...
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This national park co-management plan considers Indigenous relationships with natural resources
A co-management plan is operating at Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument, and Kate Magargal, an anthropologist at the ...