One of the Trump administration’s most grotesque early moves was to eviscerate the Utah national monuments, both Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears. If Biden is elected, he will almost cer
Ladies and gentlemen, Republican governance in action: The Trump administration has struck another blow to common-sense management of public lands in the West. Virtually all the spectacular country ne
The West is rapidly changing due to climate change. That includes an expansion of the piñon-juniper forest at the desert’s edges. So in the lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the g
Trump and his cronies, which to be fair are absolutely no different than bog standard Republicanism on these issues, are so excited to ruin the nation’s beautiful landscapes. The Bureau of Land
Fresh off a two-decade effort to eviscerate the national monuments on Utah’s public lands, the state’s Republican lawmakers are engaging in a deeply cynical attempt to create a few small p
Donald Trump’s evisceration of Bears Ears National Monument already has direct negative impacts. One of the world’s richest troves of Triassic-period fossils has been discovered in an area
In the debate over Trump destroying the Utah national monuments, there’s been a lot of discussion over who matters in that state. Were these monuments foisted upon the people of Utah, even thoug
I hate these people so much. President Donald Trump sharply reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah on Monday by some two million acres, the largest rollback of federal land protection in t