A new report warns of bankruptcies and abandoned wells on Western public land.
Public Lands
Posted inArticles
People are starting a lot of fires in the Pacific Northwest
The Forest Service reports 197 human-caused or undetermined starts since the beginning of June.
Posted inAugust 1, 2023: In the Line of Fire
An antiquated law rules mining in the West
Can the U.S. finally vanquish one of the most enduring Lords of Yesterday?
Posted inArticles
When the woods get noisy, the animals get nervous
New study uses trail cameras and speakers to isolate what human sounds do to animals.
Posted inJuly 1, 2023: Waiting for Water
Horse girls: The wild and fearless
An author reflects on an encounter in Wyoming’s Red Desert and motherhood.
Posted inArticles
Public Lands Rule rhetoric gets wacky
Conservatives aren’t so keen on conservation.
Posted inArticles
BLM aims to grow wind and solar development on public lands
A proposed rule decreases the fee for renewable power production that experts say currently bolsters fossil fuel extraction.
Posted inArticles
James Watt, Ted Kaczynski and power over lands
The legacies of the two recently departed men are intertwined.
Posted inArticles
Judge rules Wyoming corner crossers did not trespass
The hunters who stepped over the corner of a Carbon County ranch did no damage to private property.
Posted inArticles
Utah’s latest attack on the Antiquities Act
The bid to diminish national monuments threatens landscape preservation.
Posted inArticles
A ‘seismic shift’ for public lands?
The new Public Lands Rule would put conservation on par with other uses.
Posted inArticles
As Utah’s ski tourism grows, locals’ needs are neglected
The world’s longest gondola is proposed as a traffic solution in Little Cottonwood Canyon, but residents oppose this project.
Posted inApril 1, 2023: The Path Forward
Tribal nations’ lasting victory in the Mojave Desert
Before Avi Kwa Ame became a national monument, there was the fight for Ward Valley.
Posted inArticles
Avi Kwa Ame is now a national monument
Biden’s proclamation protects parts of the Mojave Desert in southern Nevada and includes tribal co-stewardship.
Posted inArticles
The Biden administration just approved a huge oil project in Alaska
The Willow project threatens local lifeways and wildlife in Nuiqsut, Alaska.
Posted inArticles
Bringing co-stewardship to Wyoming’s Red Desert
A Q&A with the Indigenous Land Alliance of Wyoming’s Yufna Soldier Wolf.
Posted inArticles
The recipe for restoring damaged lands is missing one key ingredient: seeds
A new report highlights recovery solutions to fires, droughts and other climate catastrophes.
Posted inArticles
Does thinning work for wildfire prevention?
The rundown on what scientists find actually works to protect forests and homes.
Posted inArticles
The state of the land: Biden’s mixed conservation record
The president has riled up just about everyone with his public-land policies. Maybe that’s a good thing.