The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of America's last truly wild places and must be preserved. | Photo by Loren Blackford
Public lands and waters should never be threatened by oil and gas drilling. We work to protect these special places from legislative assaults and federal regulatory rollbacks that threaten to open them up to exploitation by the fossil fuel industry.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A broad cross-section of Americans voiced their support for protecting public lands and preserving the Public Lands Rule as the Trump administration's 60-day public comment period to rescind the rule closed today.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Donald Trump announced his latest pick to run the Bureau of Land Management.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, documents emerged suggesting the Department of the Interior was putting plans for orchestrated widespread layoffs on hold.
Salt Lake City, UT – Canada-based company Anfield Energy will officially break ground and start construction on its uranium- and vanadium-producing Velvet-Wood Project in southeast Utah on November 6, 2025.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry passed a series of bipartisan bills that would preserve treasured public landscapes across the United States, while also advancing a controversial forestry bill.Committee members voted to advance four bills together as a single public lands package, with overwhelming support from Democratic and Republican members:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry held a markup on a controversial forestry bill. The bill was reported out of committee with a vote of 18-5.
Staff at agencies including Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service would be impacted
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Republicans have approved resolutions to remove safeguards for wildlife, water, and recreation on landscapes across three Western states, including areas vital to Tribal communities.Senate Republicans utilized a dubious interpretation of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn three Resource Management Plans overseeing areas of public lands in Alaska, Montana, and North Dakota. The resolutions now move to the White House, where Donald Trump is expected to sign them.
BLM’s decision to amend the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan is a short-sighted attempt to undo over a decade of work.
Today, the Trump Administration continued its ongoing attacks on America's public lands by directing the elimination of the widely supported Public Lands Rule.