Property rights lawyer Karen Budd-Falen will give legal counsel on wilderness, wildlife and many of the policies sheâs spent her career attacking.
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Posted inNovember 26, 2018: Follow the fish
Why donât anti-Indian groups count as hate groups?
The current understanding of âhate groupsâ excludes those who undermine tribal rights and sovereignty.
Posted inOctober 29, 2018: When your neighborhood goes BOOM
We traveled 2,000 miles to save Chaco Canyon
Pueblo historic sites face oil and gas development on unprotected public lands.
Posted inNovember 26, 2018: Follow the fish
The countryâs busiest oil and gas office has a plan for more drilling
Southern New Mexico offers a testing ground for Trumpâs vision for energy dominance.
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Gender diversity on the fire line
A photographer chronicles several of the firefighters combating and cleaning up after Californiaâs Donnell Fire.
Posted inAugust 20, 2018: Where the West is Moving - and Why
Flying fish; grizzly bear hunts; cougar telepathy
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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The Colorado valley at stake in Trumpâs oil boom
After coal waned, a community redefined itself. Will new leases turn back the clock?
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Feds eye changes to a bedrock environmental law
A clash over the National Environmental Policy Act follows familiar fault lines.
Posted inJuly 23, 2018: Pay for Prey
After Malheur, side effects of the Bundysâ extremism linger
But in Harney County, Oregon, collaboration around public lands grows.
Posted inJune 25, 2018: Little Weed, Big Problem
Trump administration pauses Californiaâs solar energy truce
The decision imperils the balance between desert conservation and development.
Posted inMay 28, 2018: The River of Lost Souls
Some like it hot; the Westâs unluckiest man; Phoenixâs future
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inJune 11, 2018: Reclaiming the Klamath
Sage grouse shake-up alienates conservationists
Some back away from cooperating as trust in Interior wanes.
Posted inMay 14, 2018: Death in the Alpine
Free-range parenting; vandalized valentine; duck, duck, goat
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inMay 14, 2018: Death in the Alpine
Recreation is redefining the value of Western public lands
Visits to public lands and consumer spending grow, as agency budgets atrophy.
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Oil- and gas-rich counties ask for more federal revenue
A new bill would return money earmarked for Western water projects to mineral-producing counties.
Posted inApril 30, 2018: Celebrity Scofflaw
How the feds helped make Cliven Bundy a celebrity
The creation of an anti-public-lands hero.
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Drilling, one mile outside Coloradoâs Great Sand Dunes
Opposition swells against leases that could impede wildlife migration corridors.
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Acquitted, convicted, fined or free: after the Oregon standoff
Two years after the armed takeover of a wildlife refuge, consequences vary widely.
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Public doesnât mean protected
Less oversight of mining and drilling will leave federally managed land vulnerable.
Posted inApril 30, 2018: Celebrity Scofflaw
What will Zinke do with the extra $2.5 billion in his budget?
Congress rejected the deep budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration.