Debate over turning public national park land into private profit dates back more than a century.
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Targeted grazing is gaining interest as fire risk rises, particularly in hard-to-manage areas of the Western US. But it isn’t always as simple as it seems.
Approximately 400,000 bison roam the North American landscape today, of which nearly 90% are considered livestock.
These sites of national significance hold surprising treasures no less wondrous than the big-name destinations, potentially right around the corner from your home.
Debate over turning public national park land into private profit dates back more than a century.
Thanks to the power of writer Wallace Stegner, Americans have for decades been able to put words to the importance wilderness holds in the nation’s history and imagination.
Public lands are quintessentially American, and in many ways they define and shape the American identity. The Antiquities Act defines them.
While many opt for deluxe alternatives to a backpack and tent, they can also stop independent hikers with smaller budgets from accessing national parks.
The Interior Department manages about one-fifth of all US land. Its secretary mediates among many competing uses for it, from recreation to energy production.
The Supreme Court will consider how far outward federal agencies should look when they analyze how a proposed action could affect the environment.
There’s a widespread argument that ‘poachers’ are responsible for the scarcity of wild ginseng. But a scholar who has interviewed diggers explains that most of them are good stewards.
Hard rock minerals like gold, silver, copper and lithium on public lands belong to the American public, but under a 150-year-old law, the US gives them away for free.
President Biden has called for protecting large, old trees from logging, but many of them could be cut while the regulatory process grinds forward.
Crowding is increasingly affecting all kinds of public lands. Adjoining communities need to find ways to manage it, or risk harm to the attractions that make them a destination.
Two decades of drought have reduced the river’s flow by one-third compared to historical averages. The Biden administration is considering mandatory cuts to some states’ water allocations.
Protecting old and mature trees is the simplest and least expensive way to pull carbon out of the atmosphere – but proposed logging projects threaten mature stands across the US.
Lake Powell’s existential crisis is a unique opportunity to save a treasured landscape.
Every gun and bullet sold in the U.S. generates excise taxes to support conservation. But Americans are buying guns now for different reasons than in the past – and increasingly, not for hunting.
Land grabs spearheaded by wealthy interests are accelerating deforestation, and Brazil’s National Congress is working to legitimize them.
The Biden administration is restoring full protection to three national monuments that President Trump sought to cut down drastically.
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Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for Environment and Public Lands and University Distinguished Professor, Boise State University
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