Bears Ears: A Monument in Name Only
This newest management plan released by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) spells out how the remaining 200,000 acres of the...
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The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
Congress and Trump Curtail Public Input on Public Lands
This week in D.C., Congressional Republicans, in alignment with the wishes of the oil and gas industry, move to effectively eliminate the public’s right to pa...
Interior’s Budget Chooses Fossil Fuels Over Everything Else
Zinke’s budget is another practice in cognitive dissonance. ...
Eliminating Conservation as We Know It: A Budget Proposal
The cuts the Trump Administration proposed to the Interior Department's Fiscal Year 2018 budget are draconian and punitive, to put it mildly....
BLM Drilling Decisions Are Taking Place in the Dark
By institutionalizing the exclusion of the public, the BLM and industry have created a system that thrives on opacity and ensures that sensitive environmental r...
If You’re Looking for Pollution Pics, I Know a Guy
At odds with its past practice of posting images capturing the majesty of our nation’s natural heritage, the BLM has recently uploaded only photos highlightin...