public land

How governors are pushing back on Republicans public lands proposals

State conservatives say the U.S. Constitution mandates Congress to ‘dispose’ of this land.

The resolution to hand over wide swaths of public land failed after a bumpy ride in the Senate.

Two representatives from our region are seeking to strip presidential powers to designate national monuments and historic landmarks. But Indigenous communities caution the effort could remove a safeguard for sacred lands and pave the way for development.

A new report highlights how states in the West benefit from national monuments, which are waters and lands that are permanently protected.

A federal judge in Wyoming has ruled in favor of four hunters in a case that tested the legality of "corner crossing," or stepping from one parcel of public land to another over a common corner shared with private property – a common practice due to the checkerboard pattern of land ownership in parts of the Mountain West.

Researchers have new evidence that enhancing wildlife connectivity between national parks in the West would help animals live hundreds of generations longer.

There's been a lot of criticism of the Bureau of Land Management’s plan to move hundreds of positions from Washington D.C. to Western states. But the…

The House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing today on the Bureau of Land Management's plans to move headquarters out west . Congressional...

The Mountain West is home to huge swaths of public land. A new web-based tool is now showing people exactly where that land is and which agency is...