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A Top Trump Appointee Was Ordered To Remove An Unauthorized Cabin From Public Land. Two Years Later, It’s Still There.
The U.S. Forest Service, which Michael Boren now oversees, appears to have abandoned any further enforcement action.
 • Chris D'Angelo
Montana Candidates Spar Over Public Lands
During recent debates, Democratic and Independent hopefuls took their GOP opponents to task on public lands “lip-service” and the party’s ongoing…
 • Chris D'Angelo
Veteran Interior Department lawyer resigns in protest, warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’
John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists
 • Jimmy Tobias
Trump Admin Wants Border Construction At Big Bend National Park To Resume
Customs and Border Protection will move forward with its contentious ‘smart wall’ plans in the coming weeks, the agency said in a court filing.
 • Roque Planas
Public Domain Sues Trump Administration For Boundary Waters, ESA Records
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EXCLUSIVE: Ranch Manager Tied to Top Trump Appointee Started 5,600-Acre Idaho Wildfire
A state investigation shines light on the unpermitted fire, which cost nearly $950,000 to contain.
 • Jimmy Tobias and Chris D'Angelo
Meet The Young Political Appointee Boosting Trump’s ‘Vanity Projects’
A former mining executive is playing a key role in the president’s campaign to build monuments and stage spectacles in the Capitol. His financial…
 • Jimmy Tobias and Chris D'Angelo
Judge Blocks Trump Admin Effort to Evict Hundreds of Bison From Public Land
The temporary restraining order marked a major victory for American Prairie, which has spent more than 20 years restoring buffalo in Montana.
 • Jimmy Tobias and Roque Planas
Montana GOP Doubles Down On Public Land Transfer In New Party Platform
The document also appears to leave the door open to selling federal lands that are not national parks or wilderness areas.
 • Chris D'Angelo
DEI at Oregon Parks is Lost in the Woods
In progressive Oregon, the Parks department has wrung its hands for years over inclusion
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SCOOP: Trump Team Moves To Fast-Track Arctic Drilling Without Environmental Review
The Interior Department will soon publish a “categorical exclusion” that will rubber stamp oil and gas development in Alaska’s remote National Petroleum…
 • Adam Federman
Trump’s Border Wall Construction Threatens Rock Art As Old As The Pyramids
The president’s border wall plan could damage or destroy ‘the oldest-known books in North America’
 • Roque Planas
Public Domain Again Sues Trump Administration
The lawsuit seeks public records related to scandal-plagued Interior Department official Karen Budd-Falen
 • Public Domain
Trump Administration Halts Border Work In Big Bend National Park As Outrage Grows
The commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Commissioner will visit the beloved Texas park to conduct an evaluation and meet with stakeholders.
 • Roque Planas and Chris D'Angelo
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