If confirmed, US Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico would be the first Native American to run the agency that interacts with tribal nations. But her agenda extends far beyond Indian Country.
Articles on Public lands
Displaying 21 - 40 of 40 articles
Joe Biden has sweeping plans for a clean energy revolution. Congress will be a big speed bump, but it can’t block everything.
Republicans and Democrats take sharply different positions on managing US public lands, but there’s solid consensus on some issues.
Do public lands in the West belong to Westerners, or all Americans? Moving a federal agency’s headquarters from Washington, DC to Colorado is the latest skirmish in a longtime struggle.
Border wall construction through Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona is encroaching on a site where people from many cultures have interacted for thousands of years.
Patriotism means pride in country, but what are we proud of? A former national park ranger suggests that visiting historic sites can remind Americans of the heritage, good and bad, that they share.
Can presidents undo decisions by their predecessors to protect federal lands from development? A recent court ruling on offshore drilling says no, and could also affect contested lands in Utah.
The Grand Canyon, which marks 100 years as a national park on Feb. 26, 2019, is known today as an iconic natural wonder. But early European visitors weren’t impressed.
What is the best way to conserve US national parks in a climate-altered future? One answer is connecting parks and other public lands, so plants and animals can shift their ranges.
Climate change, development, past forest management policies and current firefighting practices are creating conditions for large, costly wildfires.
A historian of wildfires explains the difference between urban and rural fire cultures, and what it means for protecting communities in fire-prone rural areas.
The Trump administration is reopening a plan negotiated under President Obama to protect Western sage grouse. This could signal to states not to bother working together to protect other endangered species.
President Trump signed an order on Dec. 4 to drastically reduce the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. Four legal experts explain why this action is likely to be reversed.
Environmental law and natural resource experts respond to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s proposals to shrink four national monuments and allow logging, fishing and other activities in six more.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke calls himself “a Teddy Roosevelt guy,” but supports many actions that critics call anti-conservation, such as shrinking national monuments and fast-tracking energy projects.
Within the next month, the Trump administration may move to abolish or shrink up to two dozen national monuments. Our experts explain why these sites matter and whether presidents can undo them.
President Trump has ordered a review of national monuments protected by his predecessors, and may try to abolish or shrink some. But four legal experts say that only Congress has that authority.
Forests are valuable for many uses, including timber, clean water, wildlife habitat and recreation. Stresses on U.S. forests include wildfires, pest invasions and development of private lands.
President Trump’s latest executive order weakens or reverses multiple rules and policies designed to slow climate change. Scholars explain the order’s impact.
If US Rep. Ryan Zinke of Montana is confirmed as interior secretary, he will face difficult choices about balancing extractive activities like energy production with conservation on public lands.
Top contributors
-
Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for Environment and Public Lands and University Distinguished Professor, Boise State University
-
Assistant Professor of Law, Louisiana State University
-
Professor of Law, University of Colorado Boulder
-
Professor of Policy and Practice, UCLA School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles
-
Emeritus Professor of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
-
Associate Professor of History, Colorado State University
-
Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley
-
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Calvin University
-
Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for the Environment and Public Lands, Boise State University
-
Professor Emeritus of Global Change Biology and Terrestrial Systems Science, Oregon State University
-
Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy, Tufts University
-
Executive Director, American Indian Policy Institute, Arizona State University
-
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Utah
-
Professor of Law, University of Maine
-
Professor of Forestry and Environmental Conservation (Forest Resource Management and Economics), Clemson University