What the Bears Ears management plan does — and doesn’t do

Public lands lovers have been up in arms since the Trump administration issued the final management plans for what’s left … More

Go West, BLM!

Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke — who has ridden off into the revolving-door sunset — had a lot of bad … More

When he was elected, President Donald Trump promised that he’d achieve American energy dominance by rolling back regulations on oil … More

The Bureau of Land Management released its finalized Bears Ears National Monument management plan on Feb. 6, despite the fact … More

Are the national parks and monuments of the American West getting overrun by hordes of tourists? The short answer: Yes. … More

In a harried attempt to keep up with the Trump administration’s assault on public lands, I’ve put out a flurry … More

“People have always stereotyped and cartooned Blanding in an unfair way. I get tired of redneck knuckleheads cartooning the environmentalists, … More

It was like a sucker punch to the gut last week when the State of Utah sold off 800 acres … More

My High Country News cover story about the Bears Ears national monument proposal has finally entered the inter-tubes. For those … More

One of the first “literary” things I ever wrote was a poem that began, “The Bears Ears, have you ever … More