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Public Lands & Waters

Podcast: Are Conservation Groups Spending Our Money Wisely?

By Natalie Krebs

Public land advocates rallied against mike lee's provisions to sell public land
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Breaking: Mike Lee’s Public Land Sale Plan Is Dead

By Andrew McKean

Mike Lee is still trying to sell public land
Public Lands & Waters

Mike Lee Shoves Another Bad Land Sale Provision into the Senate’s Final Budget Bill

By Andrew McKean

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Public Land Advocates: Mike Lee’s New Land Sale Plan Is ‘Just a Different Pile of Dog Sh*t’

By Andrew McKean

A big old tree in Tongass NF.
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USDA Revokes Roadless Rule Nationwide to Increase Logging Efforts

By Natalie Krebs

Senator Mike Lee public land sales
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Breaking: Mike Lee’s Plan to Sell Public Lands Fails to Pass Budget Rules. He Promises to Try Again

By Alex Robinson, By Andrew McKean

Senator Mike Lee on senate land sale
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Hunters Now Have a Real Chance to Defeat the Public Land Sales Bill. Here’s Why

By Andrew McKean

A tent set up in a Colorado campground.
Public Lands & Waters

Colorado Campground Bans Tents After Black Bear Swats One with Kids Inside

By Dac Collins

A bull elk looks across grassy plains.
Public Lands & Waters

More Details Emerge Around the Public Land Sale Bill — and It’s Worse Than You Think

By Andrew McKean

BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS, MINNESOTA- SEPTEMBER: Outdoor enthusiasts travel by canoe through several of the hundreds of fresh water lakes that make up the Boundary Waters in September of 2019 in the northern woods of Minnesota. Motor boats are banned in this protected area of the Superior National Forest wilderness. Environmentalists are worried that recent permits given to mines on the edge of the Boundary Waters might threaten the pristine waters of the region. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
Public Lands & Waters

Trump Administration Moves to Kill Boundary Waters Protections, Make Way for Proposed Mine

By Dac Collins

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Public Lands & Waters

Senate Proposes Selling Up to 3 Million Acres of Public Land

By Andrew McKean

Senator Mike Lee on senate land sale
Public Lands & Waters

The Senate Is Considering Selling Public Land. It Could Be About 2 Million Acres

By Andrew McKean

Boundary Waters lake
Public Lands & Waters

The House Kills Its Plan to Open Mining Near the Boundary Waters

By Natalie Krebs

A red fox dives head-first into a snow bank.
Public Lands & Waters

11 Incredible Wildlife Photos from Yellowstone National Park

By Natalie Krebs

A look at the destruction caused by the 2025 Ice Storm in Michigan.
Public Lands & Waters

A Massive Ice Storm in the Midwest Destroyed Millions of Acres of Public Forest. Here’s What Happens Next

By Dac Collins

The arctic national wildlife refuge
Public Lands & Waters

While Public Land Advocates Celebrate House Bill Victory, Several Troubling Provisions Were Passed

By Andrew McKean

A composite image of Ryan Zinke and some quotes about the public land sale
Public Lands & Waters

House Republicans Kill Provision to Sell Public Lands

By Andrew McKean

A vintage black and white photo of a man darting a bear from a helicopter.
Public Lands & Waters

16 Incredible Vintage Hunting and Fishing Photos from an Alaska Wildlife Refuge

By Natalie Krebs

Houses with mountains in background.
Public Lands & Waters

Public Land Sales Proposal Could Advance at 1 A.M. Tomorrow

By Andrew McKean

A composite image of Bruce Westerman and Melonie Stansbury
Public Lands & Waters

Here’s Why the Federal Land Sale Bill Is a Bad Idea, and Horrible Legislation

By Andrew McKean