On the latest episode of Pacific Standard's podcast about how our stories are made, we talk with contributor Jimmy Tobias about his investigation into Ryan Zinke's DOI.
The former director of the Department of the Interior's policy office opens up about where the agency went wrong—and how to save it.
California loves its locally sourced meat and dairy, but conservationists claim the foodie trend can cause serious damage to the state's grasslands.
After securing over $500 million in March to build a border barrier, the Department of Homeland Security has begun laying the foundation for the first miles of Donald Trump's long-promised wall. The blueprint bisects federally protected public lands and dismembers private property that's been passed down for generations.
New documents obtained by Pacific Standard show the scope of Utah's efforts to roll back key protections for public lands across the country.
For National Public Lands Day, we're highlighting some of our favorite stories on the past, present, and future of public lands in America.
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke didn't see the Bureau of Land Management's draft plan beforehand; he only learned the details when he read about them in the news.
New data on voter purges emerges, companies will no longer pay for their damage to public lands, and the Department of Energy gets some heat for an old tweet.
Documents accidentally shared by the Department of the Interior reveal the prioritization of energy, ranching, and logging in the monuments review.
Senator Mike Lee of Utah wants to take away public lands. His reasons are all wrong.
There is nothing more #MAGA than cowboys running the West.
No other president in the last 50 years has attempted to shrink the national monuments designated by his predecessors.
The results of Idaho's gubernatorial primaries suggest a positive shift for conservation.
Through a series of essays, Miller reminds us what it's like to feel a sense of awe when confronted with nature's beauty.
Ranchers on BLM land have 94 percent of their grazing costs covered by taxpayers. And they target wild horses for removal in order to preserve the rangeland that makes this financial windfall possible.
Public records show that a senior DOI adviser has met with mining and fossil-fuel representatives far more than she has with environmentalists.
On the latest episode of Pacific Standard's podcast about how our stories are made, contributing writer Jimmy Tobias discusses his reporting on extinction, extraction, and environmental justice.
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.
Representative Marcy Kaptur, the dean of Ohio's congressional delegation, has a plan to fix the public lands.
Nineteen Republicans voted the Secure American Energy Act out of committee this month. They've collectively received millions from oil and gas interests.
The Federal Land Freedom Act has nothing to do with freedom, and everything to do with avarice.
With Outdoor Retailer's departure, Utah pays dearly for its attack on public lands.
User fees and other pay-to-play policies are a regressive scheme that won't fix our public lands. We should resist them.
Amid vigorous public lands activism, Representative Mark Amodei, a leader of the right-wing land transfer movement, retreats.