An endless scroll of public-domain photographs of the American West — homesteading, ranching, and frontier life from open cultural-heritage collections.

President Donald Trump shrank Bears Ears by 91% and disbanded a tribal-led commission. Now, the BLM is removing tribal seals from remaining monument signs.

"You can virtually not even walk on it," Trump falsely claimed before slashing nearly 3 million acres from Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.

President Trump on Monday signed executive orders shrinking the size of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah. “We’re actually giving more than we did the first ti…

A historic consortium of sovereign Tribal nations united in the effort to conserve the 1.36 million acre Bears Ears National Monument

"President Trump’s order to slash protections for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante is both a betrayal to the American people and illegal. No president has the authority to erase or shrink a na...

Trump and Burgum are visiting North Dakota to celebrate Teddy Roosevelt’s legacy while they reverse everything he stood for

A federal judge just reminded the Trump administration that history isn't his to rewrite.

Nathaniel Pitt Langford and the making of wonders

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The state that drew maps to dilute Black votes can't defend them in court today. It's busy honoring the president of the Confederacy.

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Lessons from Brian Doyle's "Memorial Day"

A controversial land swap orchestrated by the mega rich could be ‘a harbinger of what’s to come’ for public lands under Trump.

Frederick Law Olmsted's political vision for Yosemite

In looking towards a new era of public land management, we should focus on the root causes of our current problems, which have been fueled by corporate power, rather than compromise our foundational conservation laws yet again.

Stephanie Mills and the idealism of graduations

As part of its relicensing of three dams on the Skagit River, Seattle City Light is paying $1.35 billion to three tribes, which will raise electricity rates but help the river and reservations.