The West has a plethora of land and a shortage of houses. Some are wondering if a solution lies within.
Public Lands
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.
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?
What happened to the Great American Outdoors Act?
A historic public lands act passed in 2020. Here’s what it’s done so far.
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.
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.
Forest Service proposes storing CO2 under public land
‘It’s the opposite of a virtuous cycle.’
Pondering public lands and the energy transition conundrum
Fighting the climate crisis will require difficult choices.
Outrage, disinformation and threats rise up in Wyoming around a BLM land plan
Is there a new Sagebrush Rebellion flaring in the Cowboy State?
Private development inside Grand Teton National Park possible
‘Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.’
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.
New refuge provides hope for critically endangered toad
One of the most endangered amphibians in North America faces threats but also possibilities.
Public-land recreation management near Moab gets an overhaul
BLM releases new high-profile travel plan for Labyrinth Canyon area.
Myth and mending in the true West
People in the region are willing to take time for self-reflection, support and tolerance of differences.
Could the 151-year-old mining law finally be reformed?
A working group calls for reforms in advance of a green metals boom.
The state of tribal co-management of public lands
As National Public Lands Day approaches, Indigenous leaders discuss working with agencies to manage dispossessed lands.
BLM has a plan to tackle booming recreation — at least in theory
The agency is taking a hard look at how to protect land and wildlife while welcoming ever more visitors.
Public lands had a roller coaster month
Rounding up the Biden administration’s ups and downs on land policy.
See inside the Grand Canyon region’s new monument
A weeklong journey through the under-documented region, which now has new protections.
Tribal nations celebrate new monument near the Grand Canyon
How decades of Indigenous advocacy led to the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.