Former Forest Service leader on how Trump is hollowing out the agency

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 […]

After his attempts to sell off national public lands failed earlier this year, U.S. Senator Mike Lee of Utah is trying a new approach—leveraging concerns over illegal immigration to disintegrate national public lands. As journalist Wes Siler writes in his newsletter, Lee continues to look for any excuse to push the federal government to get rid […]

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.”

DENVER—Today the Bureau of Land Management released its final National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) Rule, which updates regulations for the management and protection of the NPR-A. The final rule codifies the maximum level of protection for over 13 million acres within Special Areas that have already been designated within the NPR-A and provides a process to […]