A discussion on the State of Jefferson, a California movement renewed under Trump.
Politics
Posted inFebruary 19, 2018: Unfrozen North
The big public land sell-out
Even without wholesale land transfers, public lands are already being conveyed to industry.
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Monument reductions threaten future dinosaur discoveries
Digs are imperiled by Trump’s move to slash protections for public land.
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Utah’s approach to public lands won’t work
New Mexico exemplifies the risk of managing lands at the whim of local interests.
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The hidden health inequalities that Indigenous peoples face
Disparities are shaped by social inequality, historical trauma and discrimination.
Posted inFebruary 19, 2018: Unfrozen North
Interior cancels decades-old protections for migratory birds
The rollback prompts broad opposition from former officials from both political parties.
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Montana’s first black mayor is here to listen
How might the toxic tenor of national politics change if more of us practiced forbearance and gratitude?
Posted inFebruary 5, 2018: Caught Between Crises
Latest: Another lease on life for the Salton Sea?
Now that water deliveries have ended, it’s a race for a solution.
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Utah is headed into a water battle it can’t win
Why is this fiscally conservative state pushing an expensive diversion project?
Posted inJanuary 22, 2018: A Separatist State of Mind
A separatist state of mind
In the era of Trump, rural discontent settles in the state of Jefferson.
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What the battle over the Dream Act means for the West
DACA’s future in Congress remains in limbo.
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West Obsessed: How Trump has affected the region so far
Taking stock of the deregulation of land and climate protections in 2017.
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Why the National Park advisory board imploded
An interview with board chairman Tony Knowles.
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Timeline: A brief history of the Sagebrush Rebellion
An interactive, year-by-year look at the current insurgency.
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The Endangered Species Act itself could go extinct
Congress and the Trump administration threaten an act vital to wildlife and habitat.
Posted inFebruary 19, 2018: Unfrozen North
Idaho protects the rights of faith healers. Should it?
A debate rages over the extent of religious freedom in the face of preventable deaths.
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Interior revokes climate change and mitigation policies
Many regulations were axed because they are ‘burdens’ to energy development.
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Will Trump put a ‘hired gun’ for ranchers in top BLM post?
The president is considering a BLM director who has continually fought the agency.
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For endangered species, politics replaces science
A leaked Fish and Wildlife memo suggests a shift away from science.
Posted inFebruary 5, 2018: Caught Between Crises
How Trump’s tax bill pits the rich against the poor
We are witnessing a government restructuring and a cultural divide widening.