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A public lands sell-off has been yanked from the budget bill, but other threats to public lands remain
Senate Republicans would have mandated the sale of over a million acres of BLM lands across the West, but that proposal was axed late Saturday night. Conservation advocates are celebrating, but say the fight isn’t over.
Proposed public lands sale draws bipartisan backlash, with hundreds of millions of acres on the table
Though often on opposite sides of the political debate, both conservative and liberal voices have criticized a proposal that would sell millions of acres of federal public lands in the West.
Supreme Court sides with controversial Uinta Basin railway, limiting federal environmental review
The proposed railroad would transport crude oil from Utah through the Colorado Rockies to refineries in the Gulf of Mexico. The Supreme Court has ruled in the railway developers’ favor, after hearing oral arguments in December.
Public lands not the solution to the West’s housing crisis, economists say
A new study from Headwaters Economics shows that housing on public lands would have only a minimal impact on the West’s housing crisis, with most potential development being focused in a small number of states.
Trump administration moves to strike Biden-era conservation rule, considers selling public lands
The Trump administration has floated the idea of selling federal public lands for reasons including balancing the federal budget and developing more affordable housing.
Western Colorado Republican seeks to open up millions of acres in the west to oil and gas
Freshman Representative Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.) is sponsoring a bill that would require Bureau of Land Management field offices across the west to adopt plans that would open up more lands to oil and gas drilling.
What is the avian flu, and how is it spreading in the U.S.?
A Cornell University researcher shares about the avian flu virus: where it comes from, and how it’s spreading from domestic animals and livestock to wildlife.