By Lilly Bock-Brownstein, Lauren Bogard, Kate Groetzinger, and Sterling Homard October 2023Whether completing a woodworking project or preparing a gourmet meal, selecting the right tool for the job can make all the difference. The same applies to conservation—there...
The Center for Western Priorities released a new report, “Winning the West: Election 2022,” detailing how public lands were a winning issue in the 2022 election and how pro-conservation positions often gave candidates a competitive edge in close races. According...
A new report from the Center for Western Priorities finds that bills to protect over 16 million acres of public land in the West are currently languishing in Congress. Protecting these landscapes would bring the nation closer to achieving the goal of conserving 30...
A new report from the Center for American Progress and the Center for Western Priorities highlights the consistent popularity of conservation Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument Between the Inflation Reduction Act’s landmark action to confront the climate...
Browns Canyon National Monument, Bob Wick, BLM Over the last week, America’s national monuments and the Antiquities Act have been in the news thanks to elected officials in Colorado asking President Biden to invoke the Antiquities Act and other executive powers to...
In the last decade, Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, and Wyoming have conserved far fewer acres of public lands than neighboring Western states.
Shortly after the Biden Administration announced its “America the Beautiful” initiative to protect 30% of America’s lands and waters by 2030 (aka “30×30”), a band of anti-government extremists launched an organized campaign of lies, speculation, and half-truths to undermine the effort.
Report finds wilderness-quality lands are nearly 3 TIMES less likely to be managed to protect those characteristics if they are overlapped by oil and gas leases—even if those leases are purely speculative and are not being drilled.
What's Behind the Findings Data for The Camping Crunch was obtained from the Recreation Information Database (RIDB). These data represent reservation orders made on the well-known website Recreation.gov, in addition to reservations made in the field or via call...