Jul 30, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
The Interior department is requesting an additional $10 million in taxpayer funds to reimburse the National Park Service for costs incurred as part of events hosted by Freedom 250. The NPS costs were related to providing an “elevated security posture”... 
Jul 29, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
The U.S. has moved its national wildfire preparedness to its highest level as destructive fires continue to burn across the West. Severe fires burned in Utah and Colorado earlier this month, and large fires are currently burning elsewhere including in Oregon, Idaho,... 
Jul 28, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
More than 12,000 new mining claims have been staked in New Mexico over the past four years. According to an analysis by Source New Mexico of Bureau of Land Management data compiled by New Mexico Wild, that’s three times more than the number of claims staked over... 
Jul 27, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
Update, August 20, 2026: This post has been updated to add detail from federal lobbying disclosures and Arevon’s response to CWP. Heatmap has not retracted its reporting on the Townsite project. The Bureau of Land Management has approved an AI data center on... 
Jun 26, 2026 | Westwise Blog
A 1950s defense law is being rewritten to gut environmental review, expand the government’s financial stake in mining, and fast-track extraction in the name of ’emergencies’ When it comes to threats to national public lands, the Defense Production...