Trump to allow logging without environmental review November 19, 2020 Trump Watch A new rule would exempt huge swaths of public land, already threatened by wildfire, from science-based management.
While national parks decay, the Trump administration squabbles November 9, 2020 Trump Watch A petty administrative dispute is preventing the restoration and improvement of our public lands.
Trump drops protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest October 28, 2020 Trump Watch The move threatens Indigenous communities, scores of northern wildlife species, and the fight against climate change.
Trump tells U.S. Forest Service to get out of the way of oil drills August 27, 2020 Trump Watch Proposal would undermine the Forest Service’s ability to protect forests.
Trump’s nominee to manage federal lands instead wants to sell them June 26, 2020 Trump Watch William Perry Pendley: yet another Trump nominee who rejects the basic duties of his job.
Trump risks California’s Carrizo Plain National Monument in search of worthless oil June 18, 2020 Trump Watch Even when the value of oil was virtually nothing, Trump was still willing to destroy one of our country’s treasured landscapes to get it.
On land or at sea, no national monument is safe from Trump June 5, 2020 Trump Watch The president opens the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts monument to commercial fishing.
Trump proposes logging burned land without environmental analysis May 29, 2020 Trump Watch Postfire logging has been called “mugging a burn victim.” Trump wants to make those muggings easier.
Trump to communities trying to protect their forests: Shut it. May 29, 2020 Trump Watch Communities currently have 15 days to object to logging sales on nearby federal lands. The president says that’s unfair to logging companies.
Trump considers drilling for oil on the doorsteps of national parks April 5, 2020 Trump Watch If the leases go through, visitors to Arches and Canyonlands could see methane flares from their campsites.
Trump’s Forest Service puts protections for Alaska’s majestic Tongass on chopping block October 17, 2019 Trump Watch That's bad news for wildlife, the climate, and Indigenous groups.
BLM releases destructive plans for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument August 23, 2019 Trump Watch The plan allows industry to run roughshod over one of the country's most spectacular landscapes.
The guy who likes to sell off public lands now gets to manage them July 30, 2019 Trump Watch William Perry Pendley now has a say over the fate of one in ten acres in the United States.
After shrinking Bears Ears National Monument, the Trump administration won’t even protect what’s left of it July 27, 2019 Trump Watch Some of our most sacred sites and sensitive ecosystems are at stake.
Trump administration makes it easier for industry to chop up our forests June 12, 2019 Trump Watch But our climate needs them now more than ever.
Trump administration sidelines conservation plans for Montana wilderness May 18, 2019 Trump Watch Let's take a wild guess what it's pushing instead.
Congress asks the Interior Department for documents explaining a mining decision. The Interior responds with 66,000 pages of gibberish. May 16, 2019 Trump Watch So much for transparency, Bernhardt.
Industry-friendly David Bernhardt is (unfortunately) here to stay April 11, 2019 Trump Watch Expect more attacks on our environment and public health from our new Interior Secretary.
New documents show Zinke ignored local experts when he shrank the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument March 13, 2019 Trump Watch Let's guess whose advice he took instead.
Army Corps releases half-baked review of Pebble Mine proposal February 20, 2019 Trump Watch And it's still a disaster for Bristol Bay.