Public Lands
Directive From New Interior Secretary Weakens Public Land Protections to Push Fossil Fuels
By Lisa Sorg, Wyatt Myskow
As Trump Enters Office, a Ripe Oil and Gas Target Appears: An Alabama National Forest
By Lee Hedgepeth
Conservation Won Big Under Biden. Environmentalists and Tribal Leaders Fear Trump Will Undo Those Gains
By Wyatt Myskow
Steep Lodging Rates Price Some Visitors Out of National Parks
By Lori Sonken, National Parks Traveler
Spending Impasse Threatens to Close National Park System
By Kurt Repanshek, National Parks Traveler
How the Renewable Energy Boom Is Remaking the American West
By Jimmy Tobias
Utah’s Quixotic Bid To Wrest Millions Of Acres From The Federal Government
By Kurt Repanshek, National Parks Traveler
In a Push to Protect Public Lands in Colorado, Outdoor Recreation Gets a Seat at the Table
By Zoë Rom
31,000 Acres at the Front of a Movement
By Olivia Gieger
BLM Plan for Solar on Public Lands Sparks Enthusiasm and Misgivings in Different Corners of the West
By Wyatt Myskow, Jake Bolster
Western States and Industry Groups Unite to Block BLM’s Conservation Priority Land Rule
By Najifa Farhat
Judge Orders Oil and Gas Leases in Wyoming to Proceed After Updated BLM Environmental Analysis
By Jake Bolster
Congress Pushes Forward With Bill Expanding the Rights of Mining Companies on Federal Land
By Esther Frances, Megija Medne and Phillip Powell
BLM Ends Future Coal Mining on Powder River Basin Federal Lands
By Jake Bolster
The Biden Administration Makes Two Big Moves To Conserve Public Lands, Sparking Backlash From Industry
By Kiley Price
Residents of One of Arizona’s Last Ecologically Intact Valleys Try to Detour the Largest Renewable Energy Project in the US
By Wyatt Myskow
