Ranchers, landowners, environmentalists still disagree over the designation.
Public lands
Posted inMay 25, 2015: Monument Man
A timeline of the Antiquities Act
The presidential power tool for land conservation since Teddy Roosevelt.
Posted inMay 25, 2015: Monument Man
Making a monument from scratch
A writer wonders if this piece of Northern California federal land is worth the new designation.
Posted inMay 25, 2015: Monument Man
Tesla powerplay, Sacramento Delta protections, Recapture Canyon protesters found guilty and more.
Hcn.org news in brief.
Posted inMay 25, 2015: Monument Man
John Podesta: Legacy maker
This Washington insider’s ‘hidden hand’ has guided the environmental achievements of presidents for two decades.
Posted inMay 25, 2015: Monument Man
Still quiet at Canyons of the Ancients
Modest increases in visitation and infrastructure since this Colorado monument designation in 2000.
Posted inMay 25, 2015: Monument Man
The Latest: A bill to open public land to Border Patrol
Sen. John McCain proposes more immediate access at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Wyoming trespass law is the latest in grazing battle
Questions remain over whether the bill prohibits certain data collection on federal land or just private and state.
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The taxpayer money that fuels federal land transfer demands
How the behind-the-scenes lobby group American Lands Council gets funding.
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New border security bill would roll back public lands protections
Sen. John McCain’s proposal would give Border Patrol more immediate access to sensitive borderlands.
Posted inMay 11, 2015: The Wetland Wars
The Latest: New incentives for quieter aircraft in the Grand Canyon
More commercial flights are expected this year, if they meet federal noise standards.
Posted inMay 11, 2015: The Wetland Wars
The Latest: New Navajo president may halt a remote development
Russell Begaye is an opponent of the proposed Grand Canyon Escalade $1 billion tourism project.
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Congress considers treating wildfire like other natural disasters
The proposal to use emergency funding faces a key obstacle: Sen. Murkowski.
Posted inMay 11, 2015: The Wetland Wars
Counties use a ‘coordination’ clause to fight the feds
An obscure provision in two environmental laws is the weapon of choice in a bureaucratic Sagebrush Rebellion.
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State bills to study federal-to-state land transfers
A rundown of the legislation in each state and a look into the motives behind them.
Posted inApril 27, 2015: Lost frontier
A defender of North Dakota’s badlands wonders if it’s time to leave
Theodore Roosevelt National Park is not immune to effects of the Bakken oil boom.
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A Latino sportsman talks with the BLM’s Utah director
Juan Palma discusses states’ rights, landscape-scale planning and how personal history affects public decisions.
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Navajo election shakes up Grand Canyon development plans
How will the tribe’s new president handle the controversial Escalade project?
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Oath Keepers show up for a public lands dispute in Oregon
Plus a Cliven Bundy supporter is charged and BLM emails about the Nevada standoff were released.
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Interior considers hike in oil and gas royalty rates
Industry opposes reforms at a time when low oil prices deter drilling.