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Steve Pearce Now Controls the BLM—National Monuments May Soon Be in His Crosshairs
Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon, Bears Ears, Cascade-Siskiyou, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks,... all are more at risk…
17 hrs ago • Our Public Lands & Waters
Newly Proposed "Trump Interstate" Would Run Through Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Including Grand Teton National Park
Senators Cornyn (R-TX) and Lummis (R-WY) introduce bill to designate US-287 as I-47. Plus, Steve Pearce gets confirmed.
May 18 • Our Public Lands & Waters
Largest Border Wall Contract in U.S. History Awarded for Potential Wall in Big Bend National Park
DHS awards $1.7 billion to Albuquerque-based industrial construction company for "border wall in Big Bend Texas, segment identified as BBT-4"
May 16 • Our Public Lands & Waters
DHS Waives 29 Environmental Laws for Border Barriers Along Remote Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River
Secretary Mullin fast-tracks construction of vehicle barriers and roads in Big Bend
May 15 • Our Public Lands & Waters
Instead of a Border Wall, CBP Plans to Pave Backcountry Roads Along Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park
Massive bipartisan blowback cancels national park border wall (for now), but grave concerns about destructive and intrusive infrastructure remain
May 12 • Our Public Lands & Waters
Steve Pearce Inches Closer to Becoming BLM Director on the Same Day the Agency Finalizes "Public Lands Rule" Rescission
Things are both accelerating and escalating at the Bureau of Land Management
May 12 • Our Public Lands & Waters
Smithsonian Opens "Bison: Standing Strong" Exhibit While Trump Administration Kicks Bison Off Our Public Lands
These timelines we're living through are absolutely wild
May 9 • Our Public Lands & Waters
In America's 250th Birth Year, Anti-Conservation Feds Go After America's National Mammal—the Bison
Second Trump administration abandons first Trump administration's bison conservation policies, plus mourning a true bison conservationist
May 7 • Our Public Lands & Waters
Trump Administration Transfers 1.4 Million Acres of Previously Protected BLM Lands to Alaska for "Resource Development"
Most of the Dalton Utility Corridor, which links three national wildlife refuges and a national park, is now owned by the state of Alaska
May 6 • Our Public Lands & Waters
Forest Service's Wildfire Prevention Work Dropped 35% Last Year Due to Trump Administration's Staffing Cuts
USFS has fallen far behind on wildfire prevention as potentially severe fire season starts
May 5 • Our Public Lands & Waters
High Wildfire Potential This Summer Threatens Public Lands From the Northwest to the Southeast, New Report Shows
An incredible 62% of the entire United States is now officially in drought
May 1 • Our Public Lands & Waters
Affordable Housing Groups Speak Out Against Public Land Sales, While Four Democratic Senators Introduce Bill Making It More Difficult to…
This happened in the same week "Selloff Steve" Pearce inched closer to becoming the BLM Director
May 1 • Our Public Lands & Waters
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