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Why Mike Lee Is Waging War Against America’s Public Lands

A man, a monument, and the battle for the future of conservation

By Ash Sanders March 25, 2026

In this story: public lands, congress, federal policy, saving wild places, monuments

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) delivers remarks during the Libertarian National Convention at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., May 25, 2024.

This Monument Is the Latest Casualty in Trump’s War on Public Lands

Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument could be opened up to commercial fishing

By Kea Krause March 1, 2026

In this story: marine ecosystems, oceans, monuments, federal policy, saving wild places

A pink octopus scurries along the seafloor.

This Backdoor Legislative Tool Could Unravel Public Lands

How the Congressional Review Act is being used to erase protections for America’s shared lands and waters

By Lindsey Botts February 6, 2026

In this story: federal policy, monuments, conservation, public lands, wildlands

A hiker at Jacob Hamblin Arch in Coyote Gulch, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, United States

Trump Administration Sets Stage for Attack on National Monuments

Here’s why the recent Department of Justice opinion on national monuments is likely to fail

By Morgan Sjogren July 6, 2025

In this story: monuments, public lands, federal policy

U.S. Rangers, and other law enforcement officers gather early morning ahead of a planned President Joe Biden's trip Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, to the Eastern Coachella Valley, Calif., where he was to announce the creation of the Chuckwalla National Monument before the trip had to be cancelled due to dangerously high winds. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Senate Official Throws Wrench in Mike Lee’s Plan to Sell Public Lands

Here's what's next as the senator tries to privatize public lands

By Lindsey Botts June 26, 2025

In this story: public lands, politics, Trump, monuments, national parks

AP Photo/The Christian Science Monitor, Ann Hermes

President Biden's Last Push to Cement His Conservation Legacy

New monuments, drilling restrictions, and species protections could have lasting benefits

By Ethan Freedman January 19, 2025

In this story: federal policy, oil, endangered species, monuments

President Biden Establishes the Springfield Race Riot National Monument

New NPS site will commemorate the 1908 Illinois tragedy that marked a turning point in American race relations

By Lindsey Botts August 16, 2024

In this story: monuments, racial justice, social justice, social justice, America's National Parks

A portion of Preston Jackson's 2009 "Acts of Intolerance" statue in Springfield, Illinois' Union Square. The statue, in the form of two chimney columns that are all that remains from a burned-out building, commemorates the deadly Springfield race riot of 1908, in which white mobs attacked African-American residents, burned several homes, and lynched two black men.

President Biden Expands Two National Monuments in California

Here's what you need to know about San Gabriel Mountains and Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monuments

By Lindsey Botts May 2, 2024

In this story: public lands, monuments, saving wild places, indigenous communities

Pink wildflowers in bloom with oak woodland in the background

President Biden Designates Two National Monuments in Nevada and Texas

Avi Kwa Ame and Castner Range receive new protections

By Lindsey Botts March 21, 2023

In this story: monuments, indigenous communities, public lands, America's National Parks, Policy

An MLK Day Monument Wish List

These four sites reveal a fuller story of the civil rights movement

By Katie O'Reilly January 16, 2023

In this story: monuments

Black Wall Street memorial in Tulsa, Oklahoma

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