Idaho Paid Hunters Thousands Of Dollars To Kill Wolf Pups, Records Show

Wildlife advocates incensed as documents show state paid out $2,000 per kill in effort to shrink state’s wolf population.

Nov 6 • Roque Planas

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Trump’s Midterm Collapse Is Good News For Public Lands

Democrats will act as a more effective check on the GOP’s continuing rollback of public land protections.

Nov 4 • Roque Planas and Chris D'Angelo

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October 2026

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.

Oct 30 • Chris D'Angelo

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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…

Oct 14 • Chris D'Angelo

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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

Oct 6 • Jimmy Tobias

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September 2026

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.

Sep 30 • Roque Planas

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Public Domain Sues Trump Administration For Boundary Waters, ESA Records

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Sep 23 • Public Domain

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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.

Sep 17 • Jimmy Tobias and Chris D'Angelo

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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…

Sep 11 • Jimmy Tobias and Chris D'Angelo

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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.

Sep 4 • Jimmy Tobias and Roque Planas

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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.

Sep 2 • Chris D'Angelo

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August 2026

DEI at Oregon Parks is Lost in the Woods

In progressive Oregon, the Parks department has wrung its hands for years over inclusion

Published on The Western Edge • Aug 28