Public Lands

A potential government shutdown could impact services at national parks and other public lands—and more layoffs could be coming to land management agencies.

Wilderness Workshop has identified ten landscapes that are vulnerable to increased development and recreation, but the nonprofit says grassroots support makes protecting them possible.

In an executive order earlier this year titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” President Trump directed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to ensure monuments, memorials, statues and markers “do not contain descriptions, depictions, or other content that inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.”

Pitkin County's move to change the zoning of most federal land within its boundaries won't affect how the land is used today but is intended to limit development there if it's ever transferred to private ownership.

The Trump administration declared a national energy emergency in January, hoping to spur domestic energy and mineral production. Some advocates say the administration is using the declaration as a pretense to bolster the fossil fuel industry.

On Thursday, July 31, Rocky Mountain Community Radio hosted a regional call-in show that brought together listeners across the Mountain West to talk about the future of our shared landscapes.

Senate Republicans would have mandated the sale of over a million acres of BLM lands across the West, but that proposal was axed late Saturday night. Conservation advocates are celebrating, but say the fight isn't over yet.

Plus there’s no guarantee the public would maintain access.

The report comes as the Trump administration tries to “unleash” domestic energy supplies.

Forest Service seeks economic development and wildfire-fighting routes, but environmental advocates are furious