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Federal lands belong to all of us鈥攊t's time to unite to fight crooked politicians
House Bill 621 is dead, but 622 would do much to undermine protections for our most treasured public lands
A massive outcry killed a bill that would have sold off millions of acres of public lands鈥攂ut don't expect that to be the last fight between the Republican Congress and the outdoor industry over their fate
Tucked away in the remote northern coast of Alaska lies the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. For some select few, this is a place of resources, mainly oil.
The careers of Reagan cabinet members Anne Gorsuch Burford, who led the EPA, and Interior Secretary James Watt ended in scandal. Though their modern counterparts act similarly, Congress and the White House don't seem to care.
Trump's order to review the national-monument designations of the past 21 years seems to be the first concrete intimation of rolling back the protections all together
Former Navy SEAL Ryan Zinke opposes the Republican land heist. He may be the best environmental hope we have in this administration.
The governor of Oklahoma鈥攁nd front-runner for the Secretary of the Interior position鈥攊s aggressively pro-extraction. Uh oh.
Fresh off their acquittal in Oregon and emboldened by the election of Donald Trump, the Bundy brothers are promising more extremist takeovers across the West
If you needed one more reason to have anxiety about November 8, we found it: the outcome could have a profound impact on the fight over America鈥檚 open spaces
The Wyoming state government recently released a study weighing the pros and cons of transferring federal lands to the state. The results were unequivocal: it's a terrible idea.
Summer nights are worth staying up for at these 7 dark-sky parks