Public Lands
After Trump’s Interior Secretary Transferred Thousands of Staff to His Office, Chaos Followed, Former Workers Say
By Jake Bolster, Peter Aldhous
The Fight Over Logging on U.S. Public Lands Isn’t Done Yet
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
A Little-Used Maneuver Could Mean More Drilling and Mining in Southern Utah’s Redrock Country
By Georgina Gustin
Razor Wire and Clearcutting at the Border Threaten Native Rio Grande Habitat
By Martha Pskowski
Expanded Arctic Drilling Faces a Wave of Lawsuits
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Border Wall Closes in on Big Bend
By Martha Pskowski
Trump Administration to Finalize Protections for 11 South Florida Plants and Animals
By Amy Green
Rio Grande Valley Advocates Urge Congress to Restore Protections for Public Lands in Path of Border Wall
By Martha Pskowski
Wildfire Urgency Unites Congress. The ‘Fix Our Forests’ Act Does Not.
By Katie Surma
In Florida, Questions Surround the State’s Attempt to Expand Its Role in Everglades Restoration
By Amy Green
Despite Limited Interest in Drilling on Federal Land, Forest Service ‘Streamlines’ Oil and Gas Leasing Rules
By Jake Bolster
The ‘Biggest Tragedy’ of Trump’s Gutting of the National Park Service
By Blaine Harden
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is Yet Again Under Threat, This Time From Congress
By Wyatt Myskow
Decades-Old Rule that Allowed Logging on Vast Swaths of US Land Ruled Unlawful by Oregon Court
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