Public Lands

How Proposed Changes to the Endangered Species Act Could Further Threaten the Country’s Imperiled Species

The Trump administration is working to systemically unravel protections for endangered species. Environmental groups are pushing back. 

By Kiley Price

Hope—and Many Fears—Follow in the Wake of Trump’s Plan to Transform Wildland Firefighting

By Kiley Price

Bill Ensuring Active Management of Shawnee National Forest Clears Senate Committee

By Sarah Mattalian

Trump Administration’s Threats to Shrink or Eliminate National Monuments Could Endanger Drinking Water for Millions

By Wyatt Myskow

New US National Parks Fees For International Visitors Draw Scrutiny

By Jake Bolster

Reintroduced Carnivores’ Impacts on Ecosystems Are Still Coming Into Focus

By Jake Bolster

A Patch of Indigenous Land, Rich in Metals, Pits Prominent Miner and Native Owners Against Conservationists

By Max Graham, Northern Journal

States and Nonprofits Are Helping National Parks Run During the Shutdown. Could Their Efforts Backfire?

By Jake Bolster

Conservation Groups Blast Trump’s Latest Choice to Head Up the Bureau of Land Management

By Kiley Price

Western States Brace for a Uranium Boom as the Nation Looks to Recharge its Nuclear Power Industry

By Jake Bolster, Dylan Baddour, Wyatt Myskow

Trump Targets Federal Employees Working on Conservation and Environmental Protection

By Katie Surma

Use of Congressional Review Act on BLM Plans Could Impact State Plans Under Other Agencies

By Sarah Mattalian

Climate Change Comes for the House of the Seven Gables

By Ryan Krugman

The Sage Grouse Could Face More Development in Its Critical Habitat Under Trump

By Jake Bolster

Proposal to Undo Roadless Rule Would Open Some of Southern California’s Last Wild Forests to Development

By Wyatt Myskow

National Parks Are Staying Open During the Government Shutdown, Putting Visitors and Resources at Risk

By Wyatt Myskow

Citing ‘AI Arms Race,’ Trump Administration Announces Efforts to Rekindle US Coal Industry

By Jake Bolster

Bureau of Land Management to Sell Off Federal Coal Reserve Leases in Wyoming

By Arcelia Martin, Jake Bolster

A Tumultuous Moment for Public Lands and All Who Rely on Them

ICN Sunday Morning