The Interior Secretary’s latest microbrewery denial is a howler

As the Bureau of Reclamation works toward a 2026 plan for managing the Colorado River, a scenario that has long been favored by environmental advocates but dismissed as impossible is now being discussed across the West: draining Lake Powell and returning Glen Canyon to its natural state. Last week, two high-profile California farmers from the […]

How we can conserve wildlife corridors to safeguard the West’s wildlif The West has long been lionized for its wide open spaces, vast rangelands, and rugged forests. But growing development is threatening that iconic Western vision. We lose a football field of natural land every two and half minutes to highways, subdivisions, and oil and gas well […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 12, 2018 DENVER—Today, the Bureau of Land Management auctioned leases to 2.85 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska for oil and gas development. Approximately 6 percent of the total acreage offered received bids from the industry. The lease sale netted a paltry $1.5 million, with leases selling for […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 18, 2018 Updated analysis: Zinke is the subject of 18 open, closed, or requested investigations into his conduct DENVER—In response to today’s reporting by The Washington Post on a report from the Interior Department Inspector General into improper use of government vehicles by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and his wife Lola, […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 16, 2018 DENVER—In response to reports that the Trump administration has suddenly placed a political appointee as the top watchdog overseeing the Interior Department, the Center for Western Priorities released the following statement from Media Director Aaron Weiss: “It’s completely inappropriate to put a political appointee with no oversight experience in […]