America to Trump and Zinke: Don’t touch national monuments

On July 1, President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum will visit Medora, North Dakota for the grand opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, a privately funded $450 million museum built on 93 acres near the entrance to Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Trump is the most anti-conservation president in history, and his administration is attempting to hide that fact by […]

Kate hosts a live episode in Salt Lake City on CWP’s Keep Parks Public tour! Guests: Erika Pollard, National Parks Conservation Association; Davina Smith, Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition and Grand Staircase Escalante Partners; Scott Braden, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance; Doug Tolman, Save Our Canyons. Resources Keep Parks Public: Tell us why you love public lands […]

On Thursday, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is expected to hold a confirmation hearing for Doug Burgum, President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Interior department. Unfortunately, senators may go into the hearing without financial disclosure and FBI background check information necessary to make an informed decision about Burgum’s nomination. Senator Mike Lee of Utah, the chairman of […]

“President Biden has secured his legacy as one of America’s great conservation presidents.”

A new report from the Center for American Progress and the Center for Western Priorities highlights the consistent popularity of conservation Between the Inflation Reduction Act’s landmark action to confront the climate crisis; the CHIPS and Science Act’s unprecedented strengthening of American manufacturing, supply chains, and national security; and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s […]