Federal land

A new report shows that Western states vary widely in how much federal public lands within their borders have been protected from extractive uses over the last decade – with some surprising discrepancies.

On the 100th anniversary of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, the nonpartisan group Taxpayers for Common Sense published a report Tuesday calling for an...

The Trump administration is responsible for the largest reduction of federally protected land in U.S. history after it shrunk two national monuments in...

This week the U.S. Senate passed a sweeping and historic bill that would make the Land and Water Conservation Fund permanent. A feat many hunters and…

A group of Western lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would give states control of oil and gas projects on federal lands.

You may not have heard of PILT payments , but they’re pretty important for local economies in areas like the Mountain West. The federal government gives...

The Wyoming Supreme Court says a mineral rights case involving overlapping federal leases in the Powder River Basin cannot be resolved without…

A study requested by the Wyoming Legislature has found that transferring management of public lands from the federal government to the state would not be…

The group Keep it Public, Wyoming is hosting a rally November 5 to protest public lands being transferred from the federal government to the…

There's no clear legal path forward for states who want to transfer federal lands into state management, according to a new report by the Conference of…