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America’s Public Lands Represent the Greatest Accumulation of Shared Wealth on the Planet — and It’s Up to Us to Save Th...

The public lands of the United States could represent the greatest accumulation of shared wealth on this planet The post America’s Public Lands Represent the Greatest Accumulation...

Enroll lands in Open Fields and Waters to allow public access

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s Open Fields and Waters Program expands hunting and fishing access on private lands. Landowners allowing public walk-in access receive annual pe...

The Patriot Program: Interior Is Spending $250M on Public Lands Ahead of America’s 250th

Patriot Program public lands initiatives are officially moving into a high-gear pilot phase as the United States approaches its semiquincentennial. […] The post The Patriot Program...

Water Resources at the National Indian Law Library

The National Indian Law Library is dedicated to federal Indian and Tribal law. As part of NARF, the library serves both NARF attorneys and the public by maintaining a unique and v...

The best books and documentaries about national parks and public lands

Nearly 40% of the United States is public land — equating to more than 600 million acres of land and water. It’s time you learned more about them.

Trump Officials, Billionaires and the Quiet Reshaping of America’s Public Lands

How the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Program Protects America’s Waterways

WATCH: Hands off public conservation land!

Find out more about what’s at stake for conservation land in New Zealand, and what you can do about it. The post WATCH: Hands off public conservation land! appeared first on Greenp...

Billionaires, Trump officials, and the quiet reshaping of America's public lands

At the end of a dirt road along the northeastern edge of Montana’s Crazy Mountains, a simple sign warns visitors they are now entering private property. For fifth-generation Monta...

Department of the Interior Announces $461 Million for Parks and Outdoor Recreation across America 

The Department of the Interior is investing over $461 million through the Land and Water Conservation Fund for parks, trails, playgrounds, and open spaces nationwide. With required...

The ‘Great American Outdoors Act 250’ Is a Conservative Win for Conservation

“As we passed on, it seemed those scenes of visionary enchantment would never have an end.” So said Meriwether Lewis as he and William Clark led the Corps of Discovery through terr...

Alaska's Federal Public Lands Transfer Shows How Feds Will Sell Your Off-Road and Hunting Areas

A recent Public Lands Order transferred over a million acres of public lands in Alaska along the famed Dalton Highway shows how the federal government will begin to chip away and s...

Oregon lawsuit could upend federal management of public lands

A new lawsuit challenging a logging project in Oregon threatens to unravel the management plans governing hundreds of millions of acres of federal public land. At stake are thousan...

Recent Developments in Public Land Management

Much continues to happen regarding public land management and access in the United States. In this update, we summarize four significant issues that have made headlines in the last...

Here’s Where the Trump Administration Plans to Open Hunting, Fishing Opportunities on Refuge and Park Service Lands

A few big chunks of federal land may open to hunting — including refuges previously closed to most hunting — but many new opportunities are small and specialized The post Here’s Wh...

Department of the Interior Announces Proposed Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities

U.S. Interior Dept proposes largest expansion of hunting and fishing access, opening/expanding 1,450 opportunities across 111 stations in 32 states. Over 92M acres (95% of refuges)...

Water Quality Protections Advance in New Mexico

In 2023, the United State Supreme Court ruled on the Sackett decision, which drastically narrowed the scope of the federal Clean Water Act and left many waters that were previously...

Stewardship beyond politics

What does Public Lands Rule repeal mean for wildlife professionals and conservation? The post Stewardship beyond politics appeared first on The Wildlife Society.

Senator Seeks to Transfer 140,000 Acres of Louisiana’s Only National Forest. Residents Are Furious

Draft legislation would turn over a quarter of the Kisatchie National Forest to Grant Parish for economic gain. Most locals and conservationists want the forest to stay as it is Th...

Department of The Interior Announces $461 Million For Parks & Outdoor Recreation

Federal agency to open tens of thousands of acres of Colorado wilderness to oil drilling 

Wildlife habitat, endangered animals, and recreation could all be at risk in the state’s biggest public land sale in modern history.

The public domain unplugged

As the use of federal lands for livestock grazing becomes a priority we offer a treatise on America’s public domain.

Public weighs in on roadmap for state land planning

‘Vermont that still feels wild’: Three waterways proposed for the ‘National Park System for rivers’