Public Lands & Protected Spaces

Experts fear oil and gas development could permanently damage millions of acres of ecologically and culturally important public lands.

For 50 years the Land and Water Conservation Fund has helped support thousands of projects across the country, but its funding may be gone by the end of the month.

As Sec. Zinke prepares to open Grand Staircase-Escalante to mining, experts and business owners say tourism income far outweighs the potential from fossil-fuel extraction.

With increased attendance and crumbling infrastructure, national parks need money. But President Trump wants to cut even more of their funding.

The 196 nations that agreed to the Aichi Biodiversity Targets have just two years to meet auspicious conservation goals. How are we doing?

The National Butterfly Center just filed suit to block Trump’s border wall from being built on its property in Texas.

How racism, grave robbery, disrespect of tribal sovereignty and Mormon belief in divine rights is driving Utah’s attack on public lands.

The proclamation to remove more than a million acres from protection has been called everything from illegal to racist.

The Secretary of the Interior recommends reducing a "handful" of monuments.

Drilling would also harm the cultural and religious core of the Gwich’in people.