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Records Show Trump Interior Secretary Met With Former North Dakota Colleagues
The Interior Department said the meetings, which appear on Doug Burgum's official calendar, were “personal” gatherings “with old friends,” not business.
 • Chris D'Angelo
This Dark Money Political Operative Could Soon Become Trump’s Ethics Chief
Michael Chamberlain sought to block an ethics inquiry into a conflicted Interior Department official and pushed to roll back endangered species…
 • Chris D'Angelo and Jimmy Tobias
The Trump Team Lies To The Public About Utah National Monuments
"You can virtually not even walk on it," Trump falsely claimed before slashing nearly 3 million acres from Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.
 • Chris D'Angelo
How A Utah Republican's Quiet Battle For Hunting Access Undercut LandBack Hopes
Rep. Casey Snider worked behind the scenes for years to transfer large blocks of roadless state trust land to wildlife officials — cutting the Ute Tribe…
 • Roque Planas
The rules for grazing on 155 million acres of public lands are getting overhauled
The new rule cuts public involvement and favors the livestock industry.

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Texas Proposed A Common Cougar-Hunting Rule. Social Media Tore It Pieces.
The fierce resistance to mandatory mountain lion kill reporting highlighted the challenges facing wildlife officials in a state that is 95 percent…
 • Roque Planas
Top Interior Official Met With Former Clients Before Intervening To Delay Wolf Release
Karen Budd-Falen, a rancher and long-time Republican operative, has been plagued by ethics scandals since taking a top role at the Interior Department.
 • Jimmy Tobias and Chris D'Angelo
‘It’s Massive Destruction’: Waivers Allow Border Security Construction In Big Bend National Park
Despite plunging border crossings, the Trump administration is circumventing laws to expedite building in a vast, pristine wilderness.
 • Roque Planas
Conservationists Appeal Trump Admin’s Plan to Evict Bison from Montana Public Land
American Prairie and Western Watersheds Project say the changes amount to illegal rule-making.
 • Jimmy Tobias, Chris D'Angelo, and Roque Planas
Public Domain Co-Founder Jimmy Tobias Talks Public Lands On NPR's 1A
The show offers a multidimensional view of the current threats facing public lands and waters.
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Super PAC With Ties To Anti-Federal Land Movement Is Boosting A Montana GOP Senate Candidate
The outside group is painting Kurt Alme, the Trump-endorsed Republican running to replace outgoing Sen. Steve Daines, as a public land protector.
 • Chris D'Angelo
Steve Pearce's Confirmation Tested The Senate Public Lands Caucus. It failed.
Members of the purportedly bipartisan caucus voted on party lines to confirm Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management.
 • Chris D'Angelo
A Top Interior Official’s Former Ranching Clients Wanted Bison Off Public Land. Doug Burgum Personally Intervened.
In administrative cases before DOI, Interior Secretary Burgum intervened to make policy changes that involved or benefited the former legal clients of…
 • Chris D'Angelo and Jimmy Tobias
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