public land

The Utah congressional delegation introduced a resolution to undo the Biden-era management plan for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, employing a rarely used law that's never before been used to target a national monument.

Talks later stalled for plans of a relocation of the longstanding city establishment.

There’s mixed reaction from Steamboat Springs residents on a proposed private ski area to be developed. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Steamboat Pilot reporter Julia Coccaro and then read the entire article at the link below.

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.