2 land conservation groups square off in federal court battle
The Nature Conservancy is pitted against the Western Watersheds Project in an effort to put in reservoirs and fencing for the ...
Column: Forget Trump’s wrecking ball. Here’s how to treat America’s public lands
Russell Scofield remembers when federal officials first started getting applications to build solar farms on public lands. It ...
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Trump’s Interior Order Threatens to Open Grand Canyon National Monument to New Uranium Mining
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.— Tribes, conservation organizations and community groups today defended Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah ...
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New Interior Secretary Advances Trump Agenda, Signs 6 Orders
A statement posted on the U.S. Department of the Interior's website this week announced that U.S. Secretary of the Interior ...
Trump administration will consider redrawing boundaries of national monuments as part of energy push
As part of the Trump administration's push to expand U.S. energy production, federal officials will consider redrawing the ...
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Colorado National Monument could be reviewed, per Interior Secretary’s orders
In an order on Monday, new Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced that federal lands and waters should be reviewed for potential energy and natural resources. That could possibly include the ...
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Indigenous communities push back on Mountain West lawmakers' public lands bill
Two representatives from our region are seeking to strip presidential powers to designate national monuments and historic landmarks. But Indigenous communities caution the effort could remove a ...