Bears Ears

For National Public Lands Day, we're highlighting some of our favorite stories on the past, present, and future of public lands in America.

• By Alexa Lee

But to those awaiting the outcome of legal challenges to the president's reductions, the planning seems premature.

• By Rebecca Worby

Many native peoples have land-based religions, and the Trump administration's moves to open sacred areas to resource exploitation threatens the free practice of their faith.

• By Rosalyn R. LaPier

A judge says the administration doesn't have to turn over legal documents for which an environmental law firm had sued.

• By Rebecca Worby

Documents accidentally shared by the Department of the Interior reveal the prioritization of energy, ranching, and logging in the monuments review.

• By Rebecca Worby

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Given the connections to the oil and gas industry within the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Interior, rollbacks to environmental protections should come as no surprise.

• By Jared Keller

Trump's decision to roll back Utah's national monument protections is as much a threat to tribal sovereignty as it is to the environment.

• By Kate Wheeling

The decision is sure to face legal challenges from conservation groups and Native American tribes.

• By Kate Wheeling

After recommending that Bears Ears National Monument be reduced in size, one thing is clear: Ryan Zinke is nothing like Teddy Roosevelt.

• By Jimmy Tobias