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Public Lands in Shasta County Not at Risk of Being Sold in ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ — For Now
June 26, 2025
A proposal to sell public land, including millions of acres in California, was ruled out of the Senate’s megabill — but some say a revised version could still pose risks to northern California.
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As Wyoming protests, public land sell-off ‘just getting started’
June 25, 2025
Utah senator trims plans, calling targeted BLM land ‘unused,’ ‘mismanaged’ and ‘only appropriate for housing.’
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Yurok Tribe Celebrates Largest Land Back Deal in California History
June 16, 2025
The over 47,000 acres of ancestral lands double Yurok’s land holdings and includes the Blue Creek Salmon Sanctuary.
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What the public lands fight means for Maine
June 13, 2025
Public lands, waters and wildlife are part of our birthright as American citizens, a public domain that we all collectively own, regardless of our proximity.
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Senate Republicans want to sell 3 million acres of public land
June 11, 2025
The sales could have a significant impact on tribal nations, who could lose access and rights to cultural sites and ancestral lands.
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These Tribes Want a Key Piece of Oklahoma Land Returned
May 19, 2025
The governor of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes spoke with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum in early May about transferring nearly 10,000 acres.
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Trump Budget Proposal Portends Deep Cuts to Public Lands
May 05, 2025
Recommendations include new consolidated wildfire service, more tasks in state hands, less science.
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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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