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... 
Dec 23, 2025 | Look West Newsletter
A new report from the USDA’s Office of Inspector General shows the USDA lost over 20,000 employees between January and June 2025, nearly one-fifth of its total workforce. The vast majority of these departures were driven by the Trump administration’s... 
Sep 22, 2025 | Look West Newsletter
Last Friday was the final day of the U.S. Forest Service’s 21-day comment period on the agency’s plan to repeal the Roadless Rule, which currently protects over 58.8 million acres of national forest land from road-building, logging, and other industrial... 
Jun 24, 2025 | Look West Newsletter
On Monday, the Trump administration announced plans to repeal the 2001 Roadless Rule, which protects nearly 60 million acres of designated roadless areas on National Forest System lands from logging and ecosystem destruction. The announcement was made by Agriculture... 
Oct 31, 2024 | The Landscape Podcast
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSSKate and Aaron are joined by Dr. Dominick DellaSala, Chief Scientist at Wild Heritage, a project of the Earth Island Institute. Dr. DellaSala came on The Landscape twice...