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3 Unprecedented Government Attacks Put New Mexico’s Public Lands in Jeopardy

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In the high desert of northwestern New Mexico, Chaco Canyon stands as one of the most significant cultural landscapes in North America. Between A.D. 900 and 1150, the Ancestral Puebloans constructed monumental sandstone complexes there, some aligned with solar and lunar cycles in what archaeologists describe as advanced archaeoastronomy. At its height, Chaco served as a ceremonial, cultural, and economic […]
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Martin Kuprianowicz |
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Public Urged to Help Protect 58 Million Acres of National Forest as Trump Administration Moves to Repeal Roadless Rule

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More than 50 million acres of protected U.S. forestlands could face new threats as the Trump administration moves to eliminate longstanding environmental safeguards. On June 23, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced that the administration intends to rescind the Forest Service Roadless Rule, a federal policy that has safeguarded vast swaths of national forestland from new road construction, logging, […]
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Martin Kuprianowicz |
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Trump Administration Rescinds Roadless Rule, Raising Questions for Backcountry Skiing and Forest Access

The Trump administration has rescinded the 2001 Roadless Rule, a move that could reshape how 58.5 million acres of national forestland are accessed, managed and developed—with direct implications for the ski industry and backcountry users. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday that it will lift the two-decade-old protections, describing the rule as overly restrictive and outdated. The Roadless Rule […]
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Martin Kuprianowicz |
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What’s Left at the Forest Service? The Aftermath of the DOGE Cuts and How They Have Weakened Our Public Lands

The Forest Service is in trouble. Already faced with budget uncertainty, the Forest Service and the rest of the U.S. Department of Agriculture fell into the sights of the legally dubious Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, led by billionaire Elon Musk, vowed to cut Forest Service staff across the board by 10% as part of their purge of the Federal […]
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Zach Armstrong |
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Mt. Waterman Ski Area, CA, Can’t Open Because This Year’s Epic Snowfall Has Destroyed the Only Road to Get There

You could single handily say that California just had the most historic winter season ever on record for much of the high terrain, and this even includes parts of southern California, which is saying a lot! This historic snowfall has caused increased pressure and demands on Caltrans (California Department of Transportation) to do their job and meet all areas needing […]
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Matthew Oliphant |
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US Forest Service Memo Proposes More Logging, Mining And Oil

The US Forest Service (USFS) released a memo which proposes to increase the usage of public land for more useful purposes, and environmental groups are concerned. Bosses at USFS seek approval of logging, drilling, mining on public lands to be quicker. They want to increase the productivity of National Forests and Grasslands, value Nation’s grazing heritage and National Grasslands, increasing […]
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Rouchelle Gilmore |
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Land Swap in the Central Wasatch, UT: Conservation, Expansion, and Grizzly Gulch

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The Central Wasatch National Conservation and Recreation Area Act is up for discussion in Central Wasatch Commission meetings.  After being introduced in 2016, the bill was never enacted and has been debated for the past two years.  While the conservation act encourages protection of pristine land in higher elevations in the canyons, there are underlying suspicions about the future of the Cottonwoods. Central Wasatch National […]
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Katy Shipley |
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