public lands

A Republican representative from the Mountain West led an effort Wednesday to remove a controversial provision to sell 450,000 acres of federal land in Nevada and Utah from the House reconciliation bill.

Republican representatives in Nevada and Utah this week were successful in getting an amendment to sell public lands in federal budget legislation. In Nevada, the idea is already facing strong opposition.

Economic and environmental challenges could complicate the Trump administration’s proposal to create housing on public lands. A new analysis supports the idea, but says it is unlikely to solve the affordable housing crisis by itself.

Federal officials are reportedly considering shrinking at least six national monuments in the Mountain West region to increase energy development on public lands.

A coalition of Western conservationists and tribes are working to protect more public lands before the November presidential election.

This spring, the federal government is expected to finalize a rule that would require oil and gas companies to pay more to drill on public lands across the Western U.S.

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

Nevada senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen are urging the Biden Administration to immediately protect the Ruby Mountains and their marshes from future oil and gas leasing.

The U.S. Senate and House are on a short summer recess. KUNR’s Lucia Starbuck sat down with Republican Congressman Mark Amodei while he was in Nevada to talk about the debt ceiling, lands bill, and the 2024 election.

The Bureau of Land Management recently proposed an overhaul to the way it manages federal public lands that would elevate conservation as pressure on Western rangelands mounts.