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Public Lands

Looking for Oil in Alaska, No Environmental Strings Attached

A Bureau of Land Management decision will accelerate permitting in the nation’s largest single tract of public land, home to a fragile, rapidly warming wilderness.

By Anika Jane Beamer

An aerial view of the Dalton Highway and a portion of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System crossing over the frozen Atigun River in North Slope Borough, Alaska. Credit: Lance King/Getty Images
An excavator plows through land during construction for a section of the border wall on Aug. 14 in Big Bend National Park. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Federal Judge Slams the Brakes on Big Bend Border Wall Construction

By Martha Pskowski

A green sea turtle swims in the Matlahuayl State Marine Reserve off the coast of La Jolla in San Diego. Credit: Kevin Carter/Getty Images

California to Vote on Landmark Tribal Petitions for Coastal Protections

By Claire Barber

The construction site of South32’s Hermosa mine in Patagonia, Ariz., on Feb. 18. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

Environmentalists Sue Federal Agencies Over Nation’s First Fast-Tracked Critical Minerals Mine

By Wyatt Myskow

Puppeteers and their buffalo encounter a marching band near City Hall in downtown Manhattan on Saturday. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

In New York, Life-Sized American Bison Puppets Inspire Hope for Restoration Efforts

By Jake Bolster

Cassandra Becerra, the Arizona State Director for Mountain Mamas, speaks at a press conference on Saturday kickstarting Latino Conservation Week and highlighting the threats facing Ironwood Forest National Monument. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

Latino Conservation Week Kicks Off at Threatened Arizona National Monument

By Wyatt Myskow

A view of Ottawa National Forest in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Credit: U.S. Forest Service

Formal Repeal of Roadless Rule Directly Threatens Midwest Wilderness

By Sarah Mattalian

An aerial shot shows many caribou on snow-covered ground.

The Trump Administration Wants to Fast-Track Arctic Drilling

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A view of land that was cut from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument via an executive order in July. Credit: Tim Peterson

Utahns Support Protecting National Monuments That Trump Downsized

By Wyatt Myskow

A pipeline runs through a natural gas field on federally managed land in Sublette County, Wyoming. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Error in a Recent BLM Lease Sale Has Wyoming Residents Concerned Over New Oil and Gas Rules

By Jake Bolster

A view of Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming. Credit: Avery Locklear/NPS

Primary Effort ‘Changed the Conversation’ Around Wyoming’s Public Lands

By Jake Bolster

The Bobcat Draw Badlands Wilderness Study Area in Washakie County, Wyoming, encompasses 17,150 acres of land managed by the federal government. Credit: Bob Wick/BLM

Public Lands Are at the Forefront of Wyoming’s Primaries

By Jake Bolster

A pronghorn at the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming. Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

As Trump Expands Hunting and Fishing Access on Wildlife Refuges, What Will the Impact Be?

By Wyatt Myskow

Beachgoers gather at Windansea Beach in San Diego on June 20. Credit: Kevin Carter/Getty Images

Who Gets to Enjoy California’s Coast?

By Madeline Shaw

Trucks operate at a coal mine in Lost Creek, Ky. Credit: Diane Desobeau/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Administration Eyes Massive Coal Reserves Under Federal Lands

By Lisa Sorg

Fish swim through a reef at the Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in American Samoa. Credit: Wendy Cover/NOAA

Trump Administration Wants to Hold World’s First Deep-Sea Mining Lease Sale 

By Teresa Tomassoni

A National Park Service employee fits a grizzly bear for a tracking collar in Yellowstone National Park. Credit: Jacob W. Frank/NPS

Will Trump’s Handoff of Grizzly Management to States Lead to More Dead Bears?

By Steven Rodas

President Donald Trump and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox display executive orders Trump signed to shrink two national monuments in Utah at the Oval Office of the White House on July 13. Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Again Shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, This Time by Much More

By Wyatt Myskow

Energy Fuels’ Pinyon Plain uranium mine, located a few miles from Grand Canyon National Park and inside Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Arizona Regulators Are Raising Contaminant Limits for a Uranium Mine With an Arsenic Problem

By Wyatt Myskow, Maya McDaniel

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