Land Management
Racial Justice Push Creates Momentum to Protect Black-Owned Land
The pandemic and new state and federal laws push landowners to plan for succession.
Can Protecting Land Promote Employment?
COMMENTARY | In New England, the answer is yes.
Heaps of Cash, Strong Odors and Other Challenges With Local Pot Regulation
“We’ve been basically building this airplane as we fly it,” said one local official as he discussed his county’s efforts to implement recreational marijuana legalization.
California Town Launches 'Goat Fund Me' for Fire Prevention
Officials from Nevada City are crowdfunding the rental of a grazing goat herd to eat flammable plants on city-owned land.
A Setback for Trump's Plan to Slash Public Lands
Environmentalists and tribes won an early legal advantage in their battle to protect Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Hovercraft Case in Alaska Tests Federal Rules on Rivers in National Parks
A 9th Circuit decision—now before the U.S. Supreme Court— is being viewed by some as a potential “springboard for the expansion of federal control over state-owned navigable waters throughout the country.”
When the Beach Is Out of Reach—Coastal Access Becomes a Growing Concern
As Americans crowd toward the coasts, states and municipalities are caught in passionate battles about public access, while lawsuits seem headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Local Advocates Decry Proposed State ‘Bribe’ to Permit Drilling
House Republicans are pushing a plan that would financially incentivize states to drill for oil and gas and punish those that don’t.
Senators Look at Policing Practices by Federal Land Management Agencies
“This issue is of great concern to communities throughout the West,” said Utah Sen. Mike Lee. “Increasingly, these communities find themselves as targets of overly zealous federal law-enforcement operations.”
A Clash on Capitol Hill Over the Future of Utah’s Bears Ears Monument
Native American tribes are opposed to GOP legislation that would change the size and management of the Obama-era national monument, which President Trump has sought to shrink.
House Proposal Would Drastically Overhaul National Monument Guidelines
Critics are saying the legislation is a "radical attempt to undermine the Antiquities Act, which is really one of our nation’s most important conservation tools."
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