Nearly 30 million acres of federal lands in Alaska are available to Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans who were on active ...

After the U.S. government sued the Free Land Holders Committee last year for trespassing on federal land, members disputed the court’s authority to hear the case and asking for an ambassador to ...

DENVER — Federal officials on Monday took a first step toward reopening vast areas of public lands in two Western states to new coal sales as part of President Donald Trump’s push to expand U.S.

Large crane dumps load of dirt in dump truck at a surface coal mine in northeastern Wyoming. Federal land reserves of coal are being leased for mining in Alabama, Montana, Utah, Wyoming and North ...

The U.S. Congress has passed hundreds of laws protecting federal public lands over the past century through bipartisan efforts and with the support of local governments. Now, President Donald Trump’s ...

Outdoor recreation on America’s public lands and waters generates about $351 million every day for the federal government, local communities, counties, and states. It’s the rough economic impact of ...

Selling federally owned land to private housing developers may help ease inventory shortages in certain areas — but it’s unlikely to solve the nation’s broader housing crisis, according to a new ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In the spring of 1996, lawmakers quietly buried a rider in a humdrum bill meant to ...

Using an unprecedented move that’s been described as “nuclear,” the Senate passed three bills last week overturning established land-use plans in Montana, North Dakota and Alaska under the ...

What’s good for the goose is also good for the gander, or so the saying goes. But this adage never seems to hold true for the ...

In the spring of 1996, lawmakers quietly buried a rider in a humdrum bill meant to make life easier for small businesses. That addition, the Congressional Review Act, granted Congress the power to ...