Public Lands Archives

A horse grazes in a field, in Longvilliers, France.

Environment

How Welfare Ranchers Take Taxpayers for a Ride

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.

James McWilliams

Environment

A Top Adviser at the Department of the Interior Is Under Fire After Meeting Extensively With Oil and Mining Representatives

Public records show that a senior DOI adviser has met with mining and fossil-fuel representatives far more than she has with environmentalists.

Jimmy Tobias

The two bluffs known as the Bears Ears stand off in the distance in Bears Ears National Monument.

The Edit, Episode #5: A Conversation About Conservation and the Future of Public Lands

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.

Pacific Standard Staff

Convening Tribes gather below the Bears Ears buttes.

Environment

What Native Americans Stand to Lose If Trump Opens Up Public Lands for Business

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.

Kate Wheeling

Sawgrass grows in a swampy area in the Everglades National Park, Florida.

Environment

How to Create a 21st-Century Civilian Conservation Corps

Representative Marcy Kaptur, the dean of Ohio's congressional delegation, has a plan to fix the public lands.

Jimmy Tobias

Syncline ridges in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska.

Environment

Backed by Industry Cash, the House Committee on Natural Resources Hands the Public Lands to Oil and Gas Interests

Nineteen Republicans voted the Secure American Energy Act out of committee this month. They've collectively received millions from oil and gas interests.

Jimmy Tobias