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.

A new report shows public land conservation lagged in some Western states over the past decade, but the number of acres protected in the Mountain West varies widely by state.

A new federal policy aims to protect fish and wildlife migration routes on public lands across the Mountain West and the rest of the U.S.

Wildfires are growing larger and more destructive across the West due to climate change. Yet more people than ever are moving to fire-prone spaces near forests and grasslands. Some of the fastest housing growth in these areas is happening in the Mountain West.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is launching an Indian Youth Service Corps with new guidelines. The corps was established in 2019 as part of an amendment to the Public Lands Corps Act. Now, Haaland has published actual guidelines. One of its goals is fostering natural resource and land stewardship skills for young tribal members aged 16 to 30, or 35 if you’re a veteran.