Oct 1, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
Valar Atomics, a nuclear startup, is planning to place 456 small nuclear reactors on more than 9,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management land near Price, Utah, according to documents reviewed by NPR. The company calls the proposal “Project Beehive.” In... 
Sep 29, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
The Trump administration has scouted sites inside Grand Teton National Park to build a Major League Baseball field, the Washington Post reported Saturday, after MLB asked about staging a regular-season game in a national park. National Park Service Deputy Director... 
Sep 18, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to install 12 signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History to warn visitors about “personal viewpoints.” The project would cost $84,000, as detailed by Interior Secretary Doug... 
Sep 15, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
According to a new blog post by The Wilderness Society, the Trump administration’s behind-the-scenes push to trade away a piece of Yosemite National Park to a private developer isn’t an isolated move—it’s one of at least seven similar efforts to... 
Jul 22, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
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...