public lands

Last year, lawmakers turned to the Congressional Review Act to overturn Biden-era resources plans. Now, the tool is being looked at to unwind other public lands management actions.

Legislators across the political spectrum have been hosting town halls and listening sessions on the upcoming session and this year’s elections.

The EPA’s rejection of Colorado’s regional haze plan and orders from the Trump administration to keep coal plants online in the state have advocates worried about damage to protected areas.

The Interior Department’s secretarial order directs federal land managers to find places with unnecessary barriers to hunting and fishing and expand public access to outdoor recreation.

Listening sessions held by Democratic lawmakers ahead of legislative session show overlap of top concerns, they say.

Federal land managers are reopening their environmental review of a massive transmission line proposed across Nevada, a move conservation groups say could reshape how energy infrastructure is approved on public lands across the West.

Congress' budget proposal for the National Park Service rejects the major slashes requested by the Trump Administration last year.

Senators characterized the agency’s decision-making process as “rigid” and “slow,” and said they want states to have a bigger role.

The Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule put conservation on equal footing with grazing and energy production. The Trump administration is trying to roll it back.

The politician is known for his support of energy development. He could oversee 10% of land in the U.S.