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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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Slammed by northern Michigan ice storm, foresters wonder what’s next
April 15, 2025
In the aftermath, people across the region are still figuring out what the wreckage means for the forest itself and for those who rely on it.
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Kaua’i Billionaire Wants To Sell Prime Ag Land. The State Might Buy It
April 14, 2025
Buying the land could keep it out of developers’ hands forever but some say the $39 million price tag may be too hefty for Hawaiʻi.
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The Fight For Wild Lands: Part 3
February 19, 2025
As a blizzard of public lands change sweeps out of Washington, D.C., activists around Greater Yellowstone ponder tactics to help them keep what they hold dear.
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The Fight for Wild Lands: Part 1
February 17, 2025
As organizers prepare for the Rally for Public Lands, the conservation world faces down a changing climate, a new administration, and its own internal contradictions.
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This Black Family Won’t Back Down After Court Allows Railroad to Take Their Land
February 11, 2025
After a judge ruled that a railroad could take their land, landowners in Sparta, Georgia, are appealing the decision to the state’s Supreme Court.
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Fresh off Kelly Parcel sale, lawmakers seek to bar similar federal land deals
January 16, 2025
A young Republican rancher from Big Horn County wants to ensure land deals in Wyoming do not increase the federal government’s share of ownership.
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After decades of political maneuvering, Grand Teton buys Wyoming’s Kelly Parcel today
December 30, 2024
The federal government bought the 640-acre section for $100 million, a transaction that will see the wildlife-rich property that lawmakers had proposed for commercial development, instead preserved as part of Grand Teton National Park.
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Vermont implements statewide ban on debris burning due to wildfire risk
October 28, 2024
“We are also concerned with fire department personnel becoming strained and fatigued as they share responsibility for wildland fire response,” said the commissioner of the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation.
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Persistence and Partnerships Both Key to Land Access for New and Beginning Farmers
October 01, 2024
Organizations in New Hampshire and elsewhere in New England are providing new and beginning farmers with tools and support to secure farmable land.
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Who’s Buying Nebraska? Philly organic farm is 2nd-biggest buyer of Nebraska farmland
September 13, 2024
The Flatwater Free Press analysis shows that seven of the top 10 land buyers in Nebraska are headquartered outside the state.
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Bay Area conservation group backs San Benito land use measure
August 13, 2024
Former county supervisors say the initiative will stifle commercial growth and deprive the county of much-needed revenue.
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As investors pay top-dollar for land, farmers are often priced out
July 24, 2024
America is losing farmers. This is the role land values play.
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What a Kamala Harris presidency could mean for the West
July 22, 2024
Harris has prioritized protecting public lands and pursued accountability for polluters, but her track record on tribal affairs is more complex.
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Wyoming bans conservation bidders from oil and gas lease sales
July 15, 2024
Wyoming has narrowed its definitions for who can bid on state oil and gas lease parcels, disqualifying parties that intend to conserve the land rather than produce the mineral resources.
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As private interests turn profits on public lands, wildlife and taxpayers pay the price
July 11, 2024
Why does the public put up with corporate welfare, wildlife slaughter and other government policies it so clearly opposes?
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