Pilot killed just days before starting dream job in Southern California plane crash “He felt safe up there,” the late pilot’s wife said The Independent UK · May 12
Trump Administration Targets Wild Bison: New Policy Moves to Evict Beasts From Protected Federal Grasslands Nationwide The Trump administration's decision to revoke bison grazing permits in Montana has sparked a debate between conservationists and ranchers, highlighting broader issues of public land use and policy. International Business Times UK · May 4
Trump’s latest Alaska drilling auction puts grizzlies, polar bears and sacred Indigenous land on the chopping block The U.S. government just scheduled another oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, setting the stage for a fresh battle over a region that’s home to wildlife like grizzly bears, polar bears, gray wolves, caribou, muskoxen and migratory birds and land sacred to the Gwich’in Indigenous… The Mary Sue · Apr 19
Feds planning to remove 14,000 wild horses from the West in controversial helicopter round-ups due to drought and wildfire concerns The planned removal has angered animal rights advocates who are urging the Bureau of Land Management to come up with a more humane solution The Independent UK · Mar 24
Lawsuits challenge renewed push for oil drilling in Alaska petroleum reserve and upcoming lease sale Conservation organizations and an Iñupiat group have filed legal challenges to the Trump administration’s renewed push for oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and an upcoming lease sale The Independent UK · Feb 18
Advocates sue Trump administration after approval of plan to put a road through iconic Utah conservation area The highway plan was originally canceled by the Biden administration, but was revived after President Donald Trump took office The Independent UK · Feb 5
Trump's Pick to Lead the BLM Will Be a Death Sentence to Your Public Land Off-Road Steve Pearce, President Trump's nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, has a horrendous record of advocating for public land sell-offs. And his appointment would mean the death sentence to your public land trails. RideApart · Jan 30
Winter drilling program in Alaska petroleum preserve can proceed, judge rules A federal judge has refused to block a winter oil and gas exploration project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska that opponents said was improperly analyzed by the federal government The Independent UK · Jan 28
Bureau of Land Management Says Bison Are Not Livestock, Obstructing Plans for a Huge Private Prairie Reserve The American Prairie nonprofit seeks to create a 5,000-square-mile prairie reserve in Montana where buffalo may roam and antelope play. Reason · Jan 23
A beloved national monument is under threat from Utah Republicans. Activists are calling to save the ‘crown jewel’ The monument came under threat during the previous Trump administration The Independent UK · Jan 23
Lawsuit challenges the approval of an exploratory drilling program in Alaska petroleum reserve A new lawsuit seeks to overturn the recent approval of an exploratory drilling program in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025
More than 300 piles of human remains have been recovered from the Vegas desert. Cops still don’t know who left them there Investigators believe the remains were likely dumped by a commercial funeral home business The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025
Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy Esmeralda 7 in Nevada would have produced enough energy to power 2m homes The Guardian - US · Oct 10, 2025
Firefighter arrested by border agents while tackling blaze was on track for legal status, lawyer says Two firefighters were arrested this week while battling the Bear Gulch Fire in Washington state The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2025
The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025 Mystery grows after dozens of piles of cremated human remains are found just outside of Las Vegas Officials confirmed the piles found were human cremated remains.
Capital & Main · Aug 22, 2025 Oil and Gas Forecast for New Mexico’s San Juan Basin: Going, Going … An updated Bureau of Land Management report offers a mixed outlook for oil and gas production in the state’s second largest drilling basin.
The Guardian - US · Aug 19, 2025 Firefighters in race to save Oregon’s tallest tree after it ignites Crews are working to douse blaze on the 325-ft Doerner fir, one of the tallest non-redwood trees in the world
RideApart · Aug 7, 2025 More Public Lands Could Be Sold, onX and TRCP Built a Map Showing What's At Stake onX teamed up with the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership to build a map showcasing the public lands that the Bureau of Land Management has marked to potentially sell off through normal means.
Capital & Main · Jul 29, 2025 The Reality of Trump’s ‘Beautiful Bill’: A Generation’s Worth of Damage Western Environmental Law Center attorney discusses New Mexico, the president's energy emergency and how we can emerge from the “ruins.”
Salon · Jun 21, 2025 For sale by the GOP: Our public land Trump's "big beautiful bill" puts millions of acres in the West at risk
The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2025 US appeals court refuses to vacate Biden approval of Alaska's Willow oil project A federal appeals court panel has refused to vacate the approval of the massive Willow oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope
Roll Call · Jun 3, 2025 Interior eyes Land and Water Conservation Fund for maintenance - Roll Call The Interior Department wants Congress to authorize use of the Land and Water Conservation Fund for maintenance.
RideApart · Apr 24, 2025 Elon Musk's DOGE Controls Your Public Lands Now DOGE—the Department of Government Efficiency—controls your public lands now. I wish I was kidding, but on April 17th, supposed Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum handed Elon Musk the entirety of America's accumulated public lands. That includes national parks, Bureau of Land Management, and Forestry lands, as well as the…
Roll Call · Mar 31, 2025 Democrats, like Trump, have sought public lands for housing - Roll Call President Donald Trump’s pledge to use public lands to help address the housing crunch has some rare bipartisan support.
The Conversation · Mar 24, 2025 National monuments have grown and shrunk under US presidents for over a century thanks to one law: The Antiquities Act America’s public lands, from its majestic national parks to its vast national forests, are at the heart of the country’s identity.