Public lands belong to everyone. But private landowners can make it hard to get to them.
Public lands
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Hunters and anglers organize against land transfers
Sixty-nine percent of hunters in the 11 Western states rely on public lands for the sport.
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Bison, cows and rabbits square off on Utah range
Study says jackrabbits, not bison, are cattle’s main competitors in the Henry Mountains.
Posted inJanuary 12, 2015: What Are We Thinking?
Where can we say ‘Yes’ to oil and gas?
What we give up in so-called sacrifice zones.
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Perseverance pays off for the Rocky Mountain Front
A 37-year crusade ends in new protections
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The Forest Service bets on second-growth logging in Alaska
But can timber still keep island communities in the Tongass afloat?
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The state of the ‘radical center’
Courtney White talks about innovative ranching and his new book.
Posted inDecember 22, 2014: The Dust Detectives
Aerial photos of drilling at Pawnee grassland
Oil and gas development has been ongoing for decades in northeastern Colorado.
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Enough is enough at the Glen Canyon Recreation Area
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is a mess. Amazingly, it’s not so much from the reservoir that drowned it 50 years ago; it’s because of what the park’s visitors are doing to it today. I say this because I’ve spent most of my career photographing wilderness areas in Grand Canyon, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument and […]
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For public lands, massive protections in defense bill
But not all conservation groups think the gains are worth the losses.
Posted inDecember 8, 2014: The Great Salmon Compromise
Range report
What the BLM can (and can’t) tell us about the state of rangeland health.
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The most important wildlife management plans you’ve never heard of
Western states scramble to prepare Wildlife Action Plans, due in 2015.
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Compromise on Colorado’s Roan Plateau
Industry and conservationists reach a deal to protect tens of thousands of acres.
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Landscape-scale conservation gains ground
The Nature Conservancy just announced its largest Washington land purchase to date.
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A new map shows rangeland health West-wide
Searchable BLM reports and satellite images for 20,000 grazing allotments.
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The Uintah Basin’s tricky oil and gas ozone problem
Can officials greenlight booming development and clean up the air at the same time?
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The BLM fails to provide public records
The agency’s main Freedom of Information Act office appears incompetent or overworked.
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Report warns of illegal drilling on federal land
Outdated rules and budget shortfalls make it hard to catch.
Posted inOctober 27, 2014: Defuse the West
Mapping threats on public land
Intimidation of federal officials is widespread across the West.
Posted inOctober 27, 2014: Defuse the West
Defuse the West
Public-land employees are easy targets for a violent, government-hating fringe.