Checking in on jury selection and opening statements.
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.
Utah’s delegation tries to roll back protections, riling a conservation-minded outdoors cohort.
The first of a trio of trials related to the 2014 standoff has started.
The wildlife refuge system is more vulnerable than ever.
Grassroots efforts to fight land transfer bills have succeeded — for now.
The rule would let the feds transfer land without accounting for costs.
The Western movement to transfer federal lands scores an early victory in the new Congress.
The designation’s concessions are unlikely to appease ardent opponents.
Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke evokes Roosevelt, but his record has veered away from environmental protection.
Federal prosecutors are moving ahead, despite the first trial’s acquittal.
At the Malheur trial, Bundys were acquitted, but what will happen in Nevada?
A landmark within the proposed Bears Ears Monument was sold to private interests.
Lawyers “aimed too high” for a conspiracy charge—and lost it all.
The ruling could galvanize more anti-federal actions on public lands.
The privatized parcel within the proposed Bears Ears national monument could be a sign of things to come.
But that doesn’t mean Western counties have backed down on land transfers.
A Nevada county commissioner says the Republican nominee was receptive to the idea of forcing the feds to turn over public lands.
Sagebrush Rebellion flareups cooled off after Bundy arrests but the standoff’s effects ripple out.
A guide to making sense of the courtroom drama, as the trial begins.
Following Oregon occupation and Nevada standoff, a family that refuses to accept the federal government will have its day in court.
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