Alaska officials hope to protect a struggling caribou herd & bring back a critical subsistence hunt. Critics say the culling program isn't supported by available science.
I submit comments not necessarily because I think they will make a difference, but because I still want to believe in the essentials of democracy. I want to believe that my voice will be heard. So off ...
Our board members serve three-year terms, with a limit of three consecutive terms. And so we bring in new members regularly, seeking out folks with a strong commitment to our mission, the skills ...
President Donald Trump’s Interior Department is withholding key ethics disclosure information for Karen Budd-Falen, a ...
Your excellent article “ Continental shift ” (January 2026) reminded me of a series of lectures I attended in a class in the environmental sciences department at the University of Virginia about 1975.
Dave Foreman (another ex- Wilderness Society organizer) was the primary public speaker and rabble-rouser. Bart took on the role of movement troubadour, calling himself Johnny Sagebrush and leading the ...
The 30 tribal nations in the watershed — the river’s most senior water users — were deliberately excluded from the Colorado River Compact negotiations, a blatant attack on tribal sovereignty. In doing ...
As the climate changes, ski resorts have begun relying more on machine-made snow, which comes with environmental consequences and limitations.
This story was co-published with Public Domain. President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to head the Bureau of Land Management, Steve Pearce, offered contradictory explanations about his record of ...
Two former, high-ranking Interior Department employees, from opposing political parties, call for an overhaul of public-land management.
Imperiled northern red-legged frogs need to cross a 4-lane highway in Oregon to lay their eggs. Every winter, volunteers carry them across.
Trails once quiet, save for the sinuous whoosh of a lone ski line, are suddenly dotted with fresh tracks. Backcountry skiing — long a niche pursuit of hardcore alpinists and telemark nostalgists — has ...