public-lands

November 5, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Donald Trump announced his latest pick to run the Bureau of Land Management.

November 5, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, documents emerged suggesting the Department of the Interior was putting plans for orchestrated widespread layoffs on hold.

November 4, 2025

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.

October 23, 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:

October 21, 2025

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.

October 20, 2025

Staff at agencies including Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service would be impacted

October 9, 2025

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.

October 1, 2025

BLM’s decision to amend the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan is a short-sighted attempt to undo over a decade of work.

September 10, 2025

Today, the Trump Administration continued its ongoing attacks on America's public lands by directing the elimination of the widely supported Public Lands Rule.

September 4, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Trump administration announced new policies that could undercut one of the country’s most significant conservation programs.

September 4, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Documents obtained by the Sierra Club provide a glimpse of the scale of the Trump administration’s attacks on federal land management agencies.

September 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Republicans passed a series of resolutions seeking to overturn safeguards for wildlife, water, and recreation on Western landscapes, including areas vital to Tribal communities.

In an unprecedented move, House Republicans utilized the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to vote to overturn three Resource Management Plans developed to oversee areas of public lands in Alaska, Montana, and North Dakota. The resolutions now move onto the Senate.