Fifty-seven million acres of BLM land fall short of health standards.
Public Lands
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.
An environmental justice coalition for all
How has Biden’s record on conservation served communities of color?
As national monuments multiply, Bears Ears forges forward
Tribal co-management takes shape on the ground.
What’s next for the Owyhee Canyonlands?
Supporters call it ’the largest conservation opportunity in the West.’
Is Biden a public-lands protector?
The administration makes the biggest land-management moves in a half century.
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.
The great solar build-out
Public-land managers ponder where to allow utility-scale solar projects
Cattle are drinking the Colorado River dry
Balancing Western water demand and supply will alter the region’s landscape.
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.
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.