Jun 29, 2026 | The Landscape Podcast
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSSAaron talks with Tracy Stone-Manning, president of The Wilderness Society, former director of the Bureau of Land Management, and three-time guest on The Landscape, about... 
Jun 29, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
The latest reauthorization of the Defense Production Act (DPA) presents a major threat to public lands. First passed in 1950, the DPA was originally designed to give the president limited authorities to ensure that domestic industry can meet the country’s national... 
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... 
Jun 12, 2026 | Westwise Blog
Rushed environmental reviews won’t speed up new mines. Evidence suggests it slows them down Cutting environmental red tape to speed up mining in America has become a popular talking point across party lines. On the right, the Trump administration has made expediting... 
Apr 17, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted 50-49 to invoke the Congressional Review Act to overturn a 20-year ban on mining on more than 225,000 acres of the Superior National Forest upstream of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The 20-year mineral withdrawal was...