public lands

Lawyers for President Donald Trump's administration say he has the authority to abolish national monuments meant to protect historical and archaeological sites across broad landscapes.

Republican Arizona lawmakers want an appeals court to reverse a previous decision dismissing their lawsuit that sought to void the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni–Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.

More than 500 people demonstrated outside Flagstaff City Hall Monday in opposition to the Trump administration’s layoffs of thousands of federal workers.

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland set out four years ago on a historic journey as the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has released a “Western Solar Plan” outlining a large expansion in solar energy development in 11 Western states.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management released a new rule for managing public lands that conservationists are praising as a positive step for the environment.

The rule from the Bureau of Land Management will allow public property to be leased for restoration in the same way that oil companies lease land for drilling.

Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee, called the rule a "much-needed step" to fight climate change and protect the health of communities near drilling sites throughout the West.

A new poll released today from Colorado College shows that the environment and public lands are top political issues among voters in the West.

Prescott, Prescott Valley and Yavapai County all came together to purchase 2,284 acres of Glassford Hill land. They plan to integrate the parcel as part of what will be known as the Glassford Dells Regional Park.