Sep 12, 2023 | Look West Newsletter
Newly released emails show Interior Department staffers raised concerns about Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s ethical conflicts more than a year before Zinke resigned under a cloud of scandal. E&E News obtained the documents under a 6-year-old Freedom of... 
Sep 11, 2023 | Look West Newsletter
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... 
Sep 6, 2023 | Press Release
DENVER—Today the Department of the Interior released a proposed rule to increase protections for designated Special Areas within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). This action fulfills a commitment made by the department in March 2023 along with its... 
Aug 31, 2023 | Press Release
The BLM is proactively responding to the increasing popularity of outdoor recreation on BLM-managed public lands DENVER—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released its Blueprint for 21st Century Outdoor Recreation to chart a course for the agency’s significant... 
Aug 17, 2023 | Press Release
87 percent of Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada voters say a candidate’s support of public land conservation is important to how they will vote; strong local support for national monument proposals. Denver—Today, the Center for Western Priorities released its...