Mikah Meyer’s epic national park adventure

A troubling meteorological forecast and extreme drought, coupled with chaotic policy changes, could lead to heightened wildfire risk in 2026 Wildfire experts across the West are sounding the alarm bell about the upcoming summer wildfire season. Data released June 1 by the National Interagency Fire Center revealed that 2.4 million acres have burned across the country so […]

Acting Interior Secretary orders money meant for deferred maintenance projects and visitor services to be spent hauling trash and cleaning bathrooms As the government shutdown drags into a third week, many national parks are straining under the impacts of the Trump administration’s decision to leave them open, but understaffed. Around the country, parks are facingmounting piles […]

In this episode of Go West, Young Podcast, Nada Culver and Matt Lee-Ashley explain what we do and don’t know about the secret Interior Department report on eviscerating national mounments, and what a prolonged legal challenge might look like.

A conversation with Luis Benitez, director of the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office. Links mentioned in the show: Headwaters Economics, Federal Lands in the West: Liability or Asset? The history of “This Land is Your Land“

The minuscule total is the result of a provision in Rep. Bishop’s legislation that would allow only 0.5 percent of funds to be spent in the West.