Elliott State Forest shows the difficult balance between profit and conservation.
Public lands
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Oil expected in Dakota Access Pipeline this week
What ongoing legal battles tell us about protections for religious freedoms and government consultation with tribes.
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A tale of two Roosevelts
Two books examine how both Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt helped build an American conservation ethos.
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Busting the tree ring
How a landmark investigation unraveled a Washington timber-poaching gang.
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‘Look for something white’
Discovering the North through its most iconic birds.
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What will a Zinke-led Interior Department look like?
His priorities so far: energy, sportsmen access, park repairs & restoring public trust.
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If Colorado wants the Outdoor Retailer show, it should earn it
Big Rec wants to make a statement. Staying out of Colorado would be a strong one.
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Montana wilderness bill reflects compromise and care
The Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act grew out of successful collaboration in a complicated landscape.
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The Malheur Refuge trials are over, but the movement that led to them isn’t.
Four defendants receive guilty verdicts, ending a yearlong drama.
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Indian Country cannot afford to close the door to Republicans
Tribal issues cut across party lines.
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A way of unforgetting
Author Lauret Savoy on tracing personal and national history through landscapes.
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Latest: Family ordered to pay up for unauthorized grazing
The Hages owe more than a half-million dollars.
Posted inMarch 6, 2017: Uncomfortable Corners
Wait — this land is my land?
A Southerner revels in the access of Western federal lands.
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Across party lines, Western governors see a partner in Pruitt
A bipartisan group couldn’t get what they wanted from the old EPA.
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Western cities try to cut light pollution
Hitting the dimmer switch on city light helps animals and skygazers, too.
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The many questions of Gold Butte
Familiar questions around roads, heritage and water rights resurface as Nevadans make sense of their new monument.
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Inside the fight to undo BLM’s planning overhaul
In latest skirmish of land wars, Congress supports mining and ranching.
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Sportsmen take aim at law enforcement bill
They see HR 622 as a complex and serious threat to public lands.
Posted inFebruary 20, 2017: Overdosed
The winding beauty of Southwest deserts
A collection of photographs capture nature’s rhythms.
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When the power of protest works
Organized dissent helped kill Rep. Chaffetz’s public-lands transfer bill.