The Trump administration’s extinction agenda

A new map released by The Wilderness Society (TWS) shows that nearly 200 million acres of public land could be affected by the Interior department’s ongoing review of wilderness study area and wildlands policies. The map tracks designated wilderness, wilderness study areas, and lands with wilderness characteristics—all areas that the Interior department is evaluating to determine whether management policies should be “updated, clarified or revised to […]

Washington Tribes and nine environmental groups are suing the Trump administration over its decision to rescind the 50-year-old legal definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act. The rescinded definition treated significant habitat damage that kills or injures a protected species as prohibited “harm,” and without it, developers no longer have to show they’re limiting damage to critical habitat […]

Investments have gone toward wildfire preparedness and prevention, sagebrush-steppe recovery and conservation, abandoned oil and gas well plugging and remediation, wildlife habitat and fish passage improvements and more. DENVER—November 6 (Monday) marks the two year anniversary of the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), a historic and ongoing investment in America’s natural and built […]

“These plans show that a handshake doesn’t mean anything to David Bernhardt unless it’s with an oil and gas executive. At Bernhardt’s direction, the Interior Department is breaking a landmark deal that was brokered by Western governors, ranchers, and conservationists—all to allow more drilling and mining.

The maps and proposed monument boundaries reveal why the Trump administration is pushing to eliminate large swaths of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.