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  • Public acres for sale

    President Bush revives a proposal to sell off public lands managed by the BLM and the Forest Service as part of his 2007 budget

    by Brett Wilkison, Mar 06, 2006

  • Clinton's budget blows off a wilder West

    Environmentalists urge President Clinton to budget more money for public lands and conservation in a difficult era of cutbacks and competing causes.

    by Jon Margolis, Feb 17, 1997

  • Clinton flinches under Western pressure

    Higher grazing, logging and mining fees are dropped from the budget.

    by Michael Milstein, Ed Marston, Apr 19, 1993

  • Battling over the bottom line

    Environmentalists win more than they lose as the battle over the budget finally reaches a truce in Congress.

    by Michelle Nijhuis, Dec 06, 1999

  • Nevada desert to be sold for debt relief

    The Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act is making money from auctioning off the Las Vegas valley desert – and the Bush administration would like to get its hands on that money

    by Ryan Slattery, Mar 21, 2005

  • Those rugged Alaskan individualists still love the federal dole

    The writer says Alaska is no different from the West: It wants as much federal money as possible and no interference

    by Russell Sadler, Nov 14, 2005

  • Burning down the house

    Despite the promises of the Healthy Forests Act, the Bush administration has proposed sweeping cuts to community fire programs in the West

    by Sarah Gilman, May 01, 2006

  • It’s time for voters to look at the whole picture

    The writer urges states and counties to rise up and confront the federal government on spending

    by Jeff Golden, Feb 16, 2004

  • Cut the fat out

    "Green Scissors: Cutting Wasteful and Environmentally Harmful Spending and Subsidies" describes how to cut the budget and protect the environment at the same time.

    by Staff, Mar 17, 1997

  • Who felt the federal furlough?

    During the 21-day federal furlough, some wealthy areas and industries such as skiing and logging keep going, while the West's poorest counties and its Indian reservations scramble to survive.

    by Heather Abel, Jan 22, 1996
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