The ghosts of the uranium boom continue to haunt the land, water and people.
Sagebrush Rebellion
The legacies of the two recently departed men are intertwined.
The new Public Lands Rule would put conservation on par with other uses.
In eastern Oregon, one strategy has proven effective at inoculating communities against extremist ideology.
Days before their herd was set to return to public lands near Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, two fire-starting ranchers lose their grazing rights.
History and the growing power of right-wing extremism point to a volatile future for the West during the Biden presidency.
Ryan Bundy is allegedly building irrigation structures in Gold Butte National Monument.
What’s it like when the West’s most notorious anti-government figure comes to your town?
A report says the Spokane Valley Republican aided three armed conflicts against the U.S. government.
Novelist Frank Bergon meanders through a changing West and traces old stories refreshed.
Leaked audio from a recent agency meeting is filled with fumbles by leadership, disapproving rumbles and derisive laughter from staff.
William Perry Pendley has been tasked with overseeing 245 million acres of public lands he’s argued the federal government shouldn’t own.
(Most) of those living in the West have the public lands’ best interest at heart.
The agency hopes the Hammonds’ cows will reduce fire risk in eastern Oregon.
Prosecutor says missteps were inadvertent.
For two decades, the rule has protected nearly four million acres in Utah.
How Arivaca, Arizona, became a magnet for anti-immigrant activists – and what locals did next.
Property rights lawyer Karen Budd-Falen will give legal counsel on wilderness, wildlife and many of the policies she’s spent her career attacking.
At a property rights conference, prominent critics of tribal sovereignty and federal land management found common ground.
The Trump administration isn’t giving land to states, but it is giving states more control over public lands.
Clemency for Oregon ranchers convicted of arson fans anti-federal flames.
The move is the latest win for sagebrush rebels, anti-government extremists.
The creation of an anti-public-lands hero.
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