Archive - Public Domain

Utah Senator Resurrects Federal Land Sell-Off. This Time It’s A Fire Sale.

Republican Sen. Mike Lee’s contribution to the GOP’s “big, beautiful” budget bill would auction off up to 3.2 million acres of the public domain.

Jun 12 •

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DOJ Memo Gives Trump A Green Light To Dismantle National Monuments

“The power to declare carries with it the power to revoke,” a Trump official wrote in a legal memo.

Jun 11 •

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New Interior Draft Strategic Plan Drops Mention Of Federal Land Reductions

The public version of DOI’s plan omits contentious goals contained in a prior leaked version.

Jun 9 •

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Budget Bill Hands Public Land Near Iconic Minnesota Wilderness To Foreign Mining Company

The reconciliation bill overrides federal laws and regulations to benefit one Chilean company — Antofagasta PLC — that wants to mine near the Boundary…

Jun 5 •

Utah Sen. Mike Lee Looks To Resurrect Public Land Sell-Off Through GOP Budget

Here we go again.

Jun 3 •

May 2025

More Lobbyists Turn Up At Trump’s Interior Department

They join a stable of industry insiders at DOI, including DOGE operative Tyler Hassen, who made millions in the energy sector before joining the agency

May 29 •

House GOP Passes Budget Dismantling Public Land Protections, But Stops Short Of Sell-Off

U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) convinced Republicans to strip a federal land sell-off from the deal, but unprecedented attacks remain.

May 22 •

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Pro-Trump 2020 “Stop the Count” Activist Lands High-Level Job at Interior Department

Interior Department appointee Daniel Gustafson is a long-time Trump loyalist who participated in a protest to “stop the count” of Michigan ballots in…

May 21 •

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PODCAST: Investigative reporting and America's conservation tradition

Public Domain speaks with Our Public Lands podcast.

May 17 •

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Trump Administration Moves to 'Neuter' America's Most Important Wildlife Law

Congressional Republicans also plan to turn the Endangered Species Act into a dead letter.

May 15 •

House Natural Resources Chair’s Oil Stock Purchases Were Unusual For Committee

Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) bought stock in a dozen mining, oil and gas giants two months before ramming an industry-friendly budget bill through his…

May 12 •

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House Republicans Add Land Sales To Anti-Conservation Budget Bill

The committee passed the 11th-hour change after spending a full day batting away Democratic attempts to blunt the GOP’s unprecedented attack on public…

May 7 •

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