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Bureau of Land Management
Senators Question Federal Lands Chief on How Idaho Wind Farm Got OK Over Local Objections
The Bureau of Land Management director defended the agency’s approval of a 4,500-acre wind farm over vehement county, state opposition.
Dinosaur Bone Poaching a Multimillion Dollar Problem in Utah
Organized thieves are doing enormous damage to important sites, state paleontologist says.
Authorities: Two Nevada Firefighting Planes Collide Mid-Air in Southern Nevada, Both Pilots Dead
Two pilots have died after their planes collided mid-air as they tried to fight a wildfire burning in Southern Nevada.
Federal Control of Western Land: Two Perspectives
Why are many people—including the militiamen in Oregon—angry that the federal government owns almost half of the land in the American West?
The Twisted Roots of US Land Policy in the West
The seizure of a Malheur National Wildlife Refuge building in southeastern Oregon by armed and self-styled “constitutionalists” was disturbing.
What Will Become of the Wild Horses?
There are few places on Earth that are truly free. Those wilderness areas that remain are so isolated or inhospitable that the land will not sustain life.
