One of the most endangered amphibians in North America faces threats but also possibilities.
Public Lands
Public-land recreation management near Moab gets an overhaul
BLM releases new high-profile travel plan for Labyrinth Canyon area.
Myth and mending in the true West
People in the region are willing to take time for self-reflection, support and tolerance of differences.
Could the 151-year-old mining law finally be reformed?
A working group calls for reforms in advance of a green metals boom.
The state of tribal co-management of public lands
As National Public Lands Day approaches, Indigenous leaders discuss working with agencies to manage dispossessed lands.
BLM has a plan to tackle booming recreation — at least in theory
The agency is taking a hard look at how to protect land and wildlife while welcoming ever more visitors.
Public lands had a roller coaster month
Rounding up the Biden administration’s ups and downs on land policy.
See inside the Grand Canyon region’s new monument
A weeklong journey through the under-documented region, which now has new protections.
Tribal nations celebrate new monument near the Grand Canyon
How decades of Indigenous advocacy led to the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
Private equity gets into oil and gas
A new report warns of bankruptcies and abandoned wells on Western public land.
People are starting a lot of fires in the Pacific Northwest
The Forest Service reports 197 human-caused or undetermined starts since the beginning of June.
An antiquated law rules mining in the West
Can the U.S. finally vanquish one of the most enduring Lords of Yesterday?
When the woods get noisy, the animals get nervous
New study uses trail cameras and speakers to isolate what human sounds do to animals.
Horse girls: The wild and fearless
An author reflects on an encounter in Wyoming’s Red Desert and motherhood.
Public Lands Rule rhetoric gets wacky
Conservatives aren’t so keen on conservation.
BLM aims to grow wind and solar development on public lands
A proposed rule decreases the fee for renewable power production that experts say currently bolsters fossil fuel extraction.
James Watt, Ted Kaczynski and power over lands
The legacies of the two recently departed men are intertwined.
Judge rules Wyoming corner crossers did not trespass
The hunters who stepped over the corner of a Carbon County ranch did no damage to private property.
Utah’s latest attack on the Antiquities Act
The bid to diminish national monuments threatens landscape preservation.
A ‘seismic shift’ for public lands?
The new Public Lands Rule would put conservation on par with other uses.