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20 states sue over Trump’s cuts to protections for endangered species

20 states sue over Trump’s cuts to protections for endangered species

Sep 10, 2026 | Look West Newsletter

Twenty states and the District of Columbia filed two lawsuits in federal court on Wednesday to challenge the Trump administration’s rollback of protections for endangered species and wildlife. The Trump administration has initiated a series of regulatory changes...
Oil and gas lease sales run into local opposition in Colorado

Oil and gas lease sales run into local opposition in Colorado

Sep 9, 2026 | Look West Newsletter

Joel Mayne is a motorcycle instructor and Desert Storm veteran who lives near the Wyoming border north of Craig, Colorado. Mayne is organizing fellow Moffat County residents to protest the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) sale of the mineral rights beneath...
Arizona conservation and Tribal leaders denounce border wall construction on public lands, join campaign to Keep Parks Public

Arizona conservation and Tribal leaders denounce border wall construction on public lands, join campaign to Keep Parks Public

Aug 29, 2026 | Press Release

TUCSON—Arizona conservation and Tribal advocates joined the Center for Western Priorities to call on President Donald Trump, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, and Congress to halt border wall construction that is destroying public lands, severing wildlife corridors, and...
The Forest Service’s own review finds repealing the Roadless Rule could increase wildfire risk and harm communities

The Forest Service’s own review finds repealing the Roadless Rule could increase wildfire risk and harm communities

Aug 21, 2026 | Westwise Blog

The Trump administration wants you to believe repealing the 2001 Roadless Rule is about wildfire safety and local control. Its own environmental review says otherwise. On August 19, the U.S. Forest Service released a 333-page Draft Environmental Impact...
USFS’s own analysis shows Roadless Rule repeal would harm wildlife, water, and rural communities

USFS’s own analysis shows Roadless Rule repeal would harm wildlife, water, and rural communities

Aug 20, 2026 | Press Release

DENVER — The U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) own Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on repealing the 2001 Roadless Rule, released Wednesday, documents extensive harm from the administration’s preferred plan, including increased risk of wildfire...
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