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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 07/10/2026

Over 99% of public comments oppose repealing the Roadless Rule, which protects over 44M acres of national forest land from logging and development. westernpriorities.org/2026/10/state… #roadlessrule

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 27/09/2026

Trump delegated authority to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. Yet another way the Trump admin is making it easier for companies to extract resources without having to engage with the public or conduct environmental reviews. 🫥 #publiclands #nationalparks #oilandgas #trump #burgum

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 25/09/2026

Tyler Hassen admitted that DOGE didn't actually save money. The national debt passed $40 trillion on August 18. #DOGE #publiclands #nationalparks #elonmusk #debt

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 24/09/2026

NEW ANALYSIS: 99 percent of the 134,312 public comments on the Forest Service's plan to open national forest roads and trails to motor vehicles by default oppose it. Americans know there are places motorized vehicles belong and places they don't.

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 24/09/2026

STATEMENT on Pitkin County's vote to approve special use permit for operations of Maroon Bells Scenic Area: westernpriorities.org/2026/09/state…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 25/08/2026

NEW: Analysis finds over 99% of commenters oppose BLM's Oil and Gas Rule rollback Our statement: westernpriorities.org/2026/08/comme… #publiclands

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 18/08/2026

U.S. Forest Service moves forward with Roadless Rule repeal, ignoring public sentiment Our statement: westernpriorities.org/2026/08/trump…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 21/07/2026

Over 1000 people turned out around the state yesterday to protest Trump's reduction of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase national monuments. When UT Gov Cox and Senator Mike Lee say locals don't support the monuments, think of these images.

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 16/07/2026

CALLING ALL UTAHNS! Are you mad about Bears Ears and Grand Staircase? Tell your reps and governor. Monday evening. See you there.

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 16/07/2026

Both Congress and the Supreme Court have weighed in on multiple occasions to uphold the President's ability to designate landscape-scale national monuments, contradicting claims that Bears Ears and Grand Staircase are "too big" westwise.substack.com/p/utahs-case-…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 14/07/2026

President Trump signed proclamations today shrinking Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments by about 90 percent each. Our statement here: westernpriorities.org/2026/07/trump…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 13/07/2026

President Trump is planning a secret attack on Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase national monuments today at 4:30p ET. The signing is closed to the press. westernpriorities.org/2026/07/trump…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 11/07/2026

News outlets in Utah report that President Trump plans to sign an order Monday shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Our statement: westernpriorities.org/2026/07/trump…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 10/07/2026

BLM greenlights irresponsible Cadiz pipeline without full environmental review, as David Bernhardt’s firm lobbies for rebranded “Groundwater Bank” Our statement: westernpriorities.org/2026/07/state…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 03/07/2026

Members of the Western Governors Association were met with these images protected onto a rock wall in Big Cottonwood Canyon on Wednesday, July 1, 2026 in Salt Lake City

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 02/07/2026

The House Natural Resources Democrats just released a bombshell report on Freedom250. Hatch Act violations, wire fraud, obstruction, corruption... Freedom250 has it all. Read on: democrats-naturalresources.house.go…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 01/07/2026

President Trump and Doug Burgum today attended the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota. Our statement: westernpriorities.org/2026/07/trump…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 30/06/2026

Nothing like celebrating a conservation icon while dismantling everything he did. It's giving Gilded Age. Here's how Trump and Burgum are treating Roosevelt's legacy: westwise.substack.com/p/teddy-roose…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 25/06/2026

Trump has nominated Michael Chamberlain, a hyperpartisan political operative, to lead the Office of Government Ethics. Our statement here: westernpriorities.org/2026/06/trump…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 25/06/2026

These were hung on the Interior department today. Trump is using government resources to promote himself. If it walks like a Hatch Act violation and talks like a Hatch Act violation....

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 12/06/2026

The Interior department is beginning the process of updating its policies regarding designated wilderness, wilderness study areas, and lands with wilderness characteristics. Our statement: westernpriorities.org/2026/06/inter…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 11/06/2026

Clearly Doug Burgum still thinks selling off 2-3 MILLION acres of public land is a good idea. 🤦 www.gjsentinel.com/news/colorado/tr…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 11/06/2026

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended Mike Lee's public land sell-off attempt at a roundtable yesterday. www.gjsentinel.com/news/colorado/tr…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 09/06/2026

Well that backfired... Trump asked national park visitors to snitch on signs in parks that tell the true story of our country. Visitors used the opportunity to tell the administration to get its hands off our parks. Read the full report: westernpriorities.org/resource/ana... #nationalparks

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 08/06/2026

One thing is clear heading into this summer wildfire season: creating chaos and undermining preparedness benefits no one and puts lives and communities at risk. 🔥 Wildfire experts weigh in on a dangerous fire year: westwise.substack.com/p/wildfire-ex…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 04/06/2026

USFS Chief Tom Schultz appeared in front of Congress today. He defended cuts to his agency and plans to vastly increase logging in national forests. Here's our statement: westernpriorities.org/2026/06/state…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 04/06/2026

The US Forest Service director Tom Schultz just denied human-caused climate change is real 🤦‍♂️

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 04/06/2026

@joeneguse.bsky.social shouting out our hazardous fuel treatment analysis in a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on wildfire today 👏 See the analysis here -> westernpriorities.org/resource/fall…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 27/05/2026

Our forests are TERRIBLY unprepared heading into what could be a detrimental fire season. 🔥 #wildfire #publiclands #forestservice #forest #nationalparks

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 20/05/2026

Excellent piece by North Dakota columnist Mike McFeely for Inforum on what to watch for when Burgum shows up at the TR memorial library opening this summer www.inforum.com/opinion/columns/mcf… #publiclands #northdakota #nationalparks

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 15/05/2026

Trump's "energy czar" doesn't seem to understand the concept of batteries. 🤔🪫 Source: HNRC hearing 5/13/26

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 13/05/2026

Burgum appeared before Congress again today. It was rough.... Our statement here: westernpriorities.org/2026/05/burgu…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 13/05/2026

.@Rep_Magaziner just schooled Interior @SecretaryBurgum on batteries and renewable energy... Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJZ61HLI8s0

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 13/05/2026

Burgum on destroying a 1000-year-old Indigenous artifact: "this is a super unfortunate thing that happened" He then argues about exactly how much of the site was destroyed.

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 13/05/2026

Once again @secretaryburgum.bsky.social doesn't seem to understand the concept of batteries

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 13/05/2026

Burgum does not have answers about the $13 million reflecting pool contract... @neguse.house.gov

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 11/05/2026

Look West: Interior appointee admits conflict of interest on grazing policy mailchi.mp/westernpriorities.org/lo…

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 05/05/2026

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says the Iran war going on longer than expected "depends on who you ask," after claiming that it would be over in days or weeks, not months. Source: Fox Business interview 4/23/26

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 05/05/2026

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum can't even answer a simple question about slavery, he's so bought in to Trump's whitewashed version of history. Source: appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 05/05/2026

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum doesn't care about people. He wants to replace the Park Service with AI. Source: appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 05/05/2026

May Day protestors in North Dakota took aim at former governor and current Interior Secretary Doug Burgum with pointed caricatures and posters. Source: instagram.com/reels/DX4DL7...

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 29/04/2026

NEW: @SecretaryBurgum claims that Trump's $10 BILLION "slush fund” request is only for deferred maintenance at NPS sites in and around DC. But that backlog is only ~$4B. westernpriorities.org/2026/04/fact-check-burgum-claims-10-billion-trump-slush-fund-request-is-for-nps-deferred-maintenance-only/

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 29/04/2026

🚨 Burgum bullshit alert 🚨 @SecretaryBurgum just claimed in a Senate hearing that Trump's $10 BILLION slush fund request is solely for NPS deferred maintenance in DC. Here's how much maintenance his own dept says there is in DC: $2B What's the extra $8B for, Doug?

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 23/04/2026

Look West: How the 'God Squad' derailed Congress's Earth Day Plus: Burgum grilled at Senate budget hearing mailchi.mp/westernprior...

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 21/04/2026

Our statement on the hearing: westernpriorities.org/2026/04/burg...

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 21/04/2026

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum doubled down on the Trump administration’s most unpopular public land policies In a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on Monday. Here's our statement: westernpriorities.org/2026/04/burg...

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