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Utah’s War on Mountain Lions
How a politically driven predator purge is masquerading as wildlife science
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BLM Just Authorized the Livestock Lobby to Police Its Own Damage
After gutting independent oversight, the agency is handing monitoring authority to the industry responsible for the harm.
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Manifest Destiny Never Ended
What looks like a new authoritarian turn is the return of an old governing logic—one that treats land, life, and dissent as obstacles to be cleared.
Jan 30
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New Interactive Map Reveals What the Senate Wants to Sell
Jun 17, 2025
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Prairie Dog Massacres on Colorado’s Public Lands Exposed in New Report
Sep 23, 2025
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Lawsuit Finally Forces the Fish and Wildlife Service to Reconsider Cattle Grazing at Red Rock Lakes
Dec 18, 2025
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Cow Pie Pal: Put Bad Grazing on the Map
May 8, 2025
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We Filed Suit to Defend Public Lands — And Democracy
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A Backdoor Land Grab, Signed in Plain Sight
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Above the Law on Public Land
A private leaseholder destroyed rare alkali wetlands owned by the people of Washington—and federal agencies are now intervening to shield them from the…
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Feeding Elk on a Landscape Given to Cattle
When “crucial elk habitat” becomes cattle pasture.
Jan 28
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Some thoughts on Taylor, the boundary-defying wolf
When I saw the map and Taylor (Mexican gray wolf #3065) wasn’t on it, I had a bad feeling.
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Wyoming’s Reckoning: Does the Law Permit Torture of Wolves?
On Jan 28, a Wyoming judge will decide whether felony animal-cruelty charges against Cody Roberts can proceed to trial, or whether state law grants a…
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Arizona Lawmakers Take Aim at the Mexican Gray Wolf
Three new bills would undermine the Endangered Species Act and create new pathways to kill one of the most endangered mammals in North America.
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Point Reyes National Seashore Is Not Needed for Local Food Production
Protecting Point Reyes National Seashore as a rare refuge for native wildlife and coastal prairie does not threaten local food production, which thrives…
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A Backdoor Land Grab, Signed in Plain Sight
A long-term agreement sold as forest restoration instead gives Utah the reins over millions of acres of national forest, expanding logging and pushing…
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