Good NewsKen Lund/Flickr Biden creates two national monuments in the Southwest The Spirit Mountain area in Nevada and Castner Range in Texas will be off limits to development.
PoliticsJames Marvin Phelps/Flickr John Leshy: Utah wants to disable the law that led to the creation of four of its magnificent National Parks A lawsuit all but invited by the country’s chief justice threatens one the most consequential authorities granted to presidents by Congress.
Good News Jim Germond/EHN The federal government has a long history of stealing land from tribes. But co-management is a step in the right direction. We’re witnessing a monumental shift in federal land management.
Opinion Photo by Robert Linder on Unsplash Tom Kizzia: End-times tourism in the land of glaciers Uncertainty, if not grief, is now part of the Alaska traveler’s experience.
Impactswww.flickr.com Chad Hanson, Michael Dorsey: The case against commercial logging in wildfire-prone forests Logging tends to increase, not decrease, extreme fires.
Impactscommons.wikimedia.org Yosemite wildfire plan calls for cutting trees to protect park With treasured forests perennially threatened by fierce wildfires, many experts say it’s time to cut and burn protectively. A lawsuit is standing in the way.
Impactswww.nps.gov U.S. taking emergency steps to protect sequoias from wildfires The U.S. Forest Service will expedite plans to clear brush that fuels fires and take other measures to protect the centuries-old trees.
