HOW COWBOYS, CAPITALISM, AND CORRUPTION ARE RUINING THE AMERICAN WEST
An excerpt from Christopher Ketcham’s forthcoming book “This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West.” Ketcham’s book is a hard-hitting look …
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Trump Administration Pushes to Re-open Public Lands to Coal Leasing
The Trump administration has restarted an effort to reopen public lands to new federal coal leasing. In today’s action, the Interior Department responded to a court order …
Here’s How America Uses Its Land
Some perspective on the percentage of public and private land use in the lower 48. More than one-third of U.S. land is used for pasture—by …
New Wilderness Protection Bill Will Protect Fish Habitat
In an overwhelming bipartisan vote of confidence in the future of public lands and waters, the Senate passed one of the most important wilderness protection …
Public lands package passes early Senate vote
A long-delayed public lands bill easily passed a first vote in the U.S. Senate Tuesday. Lawmakers voted 99 to 1 for a public lands package …
Why Wyoming’s public lands are locked up
The Cowboy State has more inaccessible public lands than anywhere in the West. Wyoming is not the only state with public land surrounded by private …
Feds hold biggest Utah oil and gas auction in years
The Trump administration’s “energy dominance” agenda reasserted itself in Utah on Tuesday with yet another near-record oil and gas lease auction that offered 154,000 acres …
Is sporting Patagonia fleece a political statement?
Overheard in the aisles of the SHOT show some years ago, “We used to love Patagonia until they got all green on us.” Patagonia has …
Driven by Trump Policy Changes, Fracking Booms on Public Lands
The administration is auctioning off millions of acres of drilling rights and rolling back regulations, raising environmental concerns in states like Wyoming. In total, more …
How Two Businessmen Have Joined Forces To Fight For Public Lands
Yvon Chouinard, of Patagonia, and Kenton Carruth, of First Lite, are two very different business owners with very different customer bases, but as the fight …