Mulch Is Dirtier Than You Think Contaminated mulch is undermining California’s climate and sustainability goals By Kristen Weiss January 23, 2026 In this story: plastic, land use, agriculture
Conservation Leaders Unite to Oppose Steve Pearce BLM Nomination The Trump pick to lead the land management agency has ties to anti-government extremists By Ian Rose November 19, 2025 In this story: public lands, wildlands, land use, Trump
Restoring Louisiana’s Coastline Takes a Village Nonprofits work in tandem with Native American communities to delay the state's land loss Text and photographs by Reese Anderson November 11, 2025 In this story: activism, conservation, land use, indigenous communities
The Siting of an Offshore Wind Port Raises New Conflicts in Maine Coastal residents are conflicted over the planned location of a facility that advocates say will help launch Maine's offshore wind industry By Annie Ropeik August 31, 2024 In this story: offshore wind, renewable energy, oceans, land use, wetlands
Massachusetts Land Trust to Tackle Affordable Housing and Land Conservation in One Project The movement to address land use issues is growing across the country By Lydia Larsen July 30, 2024 In this story: land use, land use and planning
What’s Behind the Rise of Ticks and Tick-Borne Illnesses? It’s not just climate change. Land use change, forest fragmentation, and suburbanization are also driving this public health issue. By Ellyn Lapointe June 27, 2023 In this story: insects, land use, science
You Can Buy Cheap Land in Colorado, but There's a Catch "Cheap Land Colorado" is a deeply reported guide to living in an age-old land scam By Heather Smith January 7, 2023 In this story: books, land use
Fire: How Does It Even Work? With increasing fire danger, a crash course in how to save structures By Colleen Hagerty September 8, 2021 In this story: land use, climate change
Prescribed Burn Associations Are One Answer to California’s Megafires Community groups seek to fill in the gap left by overtaxed agencies By Colleen Hagerty October 19, 2020 In this story: climate change, forests, land use
5 Big Takeaways of the Lands Conservation Bill Congress Passed It turns out there’s one thing that still brings us together By Wendy Becktold February 27, 2019 In this story: public lands, land use