Fifty-seven million acres of BLM land fall short of health standards.
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Will changes at San Gabriel Mountains National Monument serve LA’s communities of color?
As the monument reaches a decade of federal recognition, the Biden administration hopes to address funding and stewardship challenges alongside the expansion.
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An environmental justice coalition for all
How has Biden’s record on conservation served communities of color?
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As national monuments multiply, Bears Ears forges forward
Tribal co-management takes shape on the ground.
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What’s next for the Owyhee Canyonlands?
Supporters call it ’the largest conservation opportunity in the West.’
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Is Biden a public-lands protector?
The administration makes the biggest land-management moves in a half century.
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Drilling for oil on public land is about to cost a lot more
Long-awaited Interior Department policy will raise financial assurance and royalty rates.
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The great solar build-out
Public-land managers ponder where to allow utility-scale solar projects
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Cattle are drinking the Colorado River dry
Balancing Western water demand and supply will alter the region’s landscape.
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Could building on public land address the housing crisis?
The West has a plethora of land and a shortage of houses. Some are wondering if a solution lies within.
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The good, the bad and the ugly of the state legislative season
While Congress does nothing, Western state lawmakers pass a flurry of consequential and/or crazy — bills.
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How states make money off tribal lands
Ten states own 1.6 million acres of land within 83 tribal nations’ reservations. How did they get there?
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What happened to the Great American Outdoors Act?
A historic public lands act passed in 2020. Here’s what it’s done so far.
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Biden plan will earmark millions of acres of public land for solar development
Proposed updates to the Western Solar Plan would also close sensitive areas to utility-scale solar projects.
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Is Biden waging a war on energy? Or on the climate?
A year-end review of the administration’s policy on fossil fuels and public lands.
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Forest Service proposes storing CO2 under public land
‘It’s the opposite of a virtuous cycle.’
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Pondering public lands and the energy transition conundrum
Fighting the climate crisis will require difficult choices.
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Outrage, disinformation and threats rise up in Wyoming around a BLM land plan
Is there a new Sagebrush Rebellion flaring in the Cowboy State?
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Private development inside Grand Teton National Park possible
‘Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.’
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Cultural fire is good fire, and California needs more of it
Indigenous land stewards say cultural fires are key to building a fire-resilient landscape.