Zinke to look into unpopular Montana land exchange proposal
The US interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, has promised to look into a Montana land exchange proposal from Texas oil and gas billionaires Dan and Farris Wilks …
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Public lands ‘a priceless legacy’ for future
A former solicitor for the U.S. Interior Department sought to set the record straight on public lands, disputing Western activists’ views that U.S. government ownership …
At Bears Ears, Trump and Zinke ignored everyone but industry
Further proof that the Trump administration and Utah officials blatantly ignored public input on the decision to scale back both the Bears Ears and Grand …
Montana bill takes aim at wilderness study areas
On Dec. 7, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., introduced a bill that would eliminate wilderness protection from the Big Snowies as well as from another 358,500 acres …
National monuments slashed by Trump officially open to mining
As of 9 a.m. EST yesterday the extractive industry gained drilling and mining access to previously protected American land, according to an order issued by …
BHA’s Ryan Busse Takes on the Bundy Panel
Ryan Busse takes a steps into the belly of the beast, in this case a pro-state transfer panel of Cliven Bundy, Ryan Bundy, Montana State …
Draft Infrastructure Plan Proposes Selling Off Public Lands
On page three of President Trump’s draft infrastructure plan leaked to Axios, the administration calls for the “Disposition of Federal Real Property” by executive order, making clear its …
The Private Company Selling Off America’s Public Lands
When Texas oilman Bill Britain started the auction site EnergyNet in October 1999, it wasn’t exactly a state-of-the-art operation. Its homepage used a generic design …
Boone and Crockofshit Club
Paul Phillips co-chairman of Conservation Policy at Boone and Crockett Club, Rebecca A. Humphries CEO of the National Wild Turkey Federation and Gray Thornton CEO …
Yvon Chouinard Just Mic-Dropped Congress
Earlier this month, following a brief Twitter spat between the House Committee on Natural Resources and Patagonia, Congress invited Chouinard to testify on Bears Ears. Specifically, the …