Outside Voices w/ Sarah Shimazaki

Lisbon Valley Mining is seeking permission to expand an open-pit copper mine and other operations on more than 1,000 acres of national public land in southeast Utah, worrying local ranchers and residents. The company has asked the Environmental Protection Agency for an exemption in order to inject chemicals into the the Burro Canyon aquifer, which locals rely on for both drinking […]

The acquisition of more than 35,000 acres of formerly private land in Wyoming shows how the Land and Water Conservation Fund is key to the success of the Biden administration’s 30×30 initiative. The Bureau of Land Management last week completed its purchase of Marton Ranch, which runs along 8.8 miles of the North Platte River. […]

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“

One hundred years ago, Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act, creating the National Park Service. Built upon the ideals of John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, Theodore Roosevelt, and Stephen Mather, America’s national parks are an exemplar of stewardship and conservation. And today, our National Park Service celebrates its centennial. As we commemorate the immense legacy of […]

As candidates look to win swing states in the West, a new poll shows that voters in Nevada support pro-public lands policies while opposing anti-public lands activist and rancher Cliven Bundy. Today the Center for Western Priorities released its 2016 Winning the West poll, conducted for the first time in Nevada, finding that voters strongly […]