Public Lands

Decades-Old Rule that Allowed Logging on Vast Swaths of US Land Ruled Unlawful by Oregon Court

The Forest Service didn’t make a ‘reasoned decision’ in using a categorical exclusion to exempt timber harvests from environmental reviews to ease wildfire mitigation and habitat improvement, the judge ruled.

By Gloria Dickie

Will Trump’s Push to Drill on California Public Lands be More Successful This Time Around?

By Blanca Begert

Now in its 25th Year, a Historic Effort to Save the Everglades Evolves as the Climate Warms

By Amy Green

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

Could Rescinding The Roadless Rule Make It Harder To Delist Yellowstone Grizzlies?

By Jake Bolster

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

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