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Summer Solstice Fiction: Let them eat Blake's
An adapted excerpt from Behind the Slickrock Curtain
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Trump's DOJ takes aim at the Antiquities Act
Also: Cutting through the public land sell-off misinformation
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Sen. Mike Lee revives public land sell-off bid
A parcel near you may one day be covered in houses
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Spring runoff peaks, winners announced
Also: About that energy dominance thing
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MAGA intensifies its assault on public lands
🌵 Public Lands 🌲
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May 2025

Foto Friday: Western roaming
Also: The wolves are coming! Interior gets stupider.
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Bureau of Livestock and Mining is back!
BLM analyzes, approves Utah uranium mine in just 11 days
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Foto Friday: Memorial Day Weekend edition
I started writing a dispatch about how the House budget reconciliation bill still really sucks for public lands even though the public land-selloff…
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Mining Monitor: Velvet-Wood, Anson royalties, South32 Hermosa Mine
And some photos
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When "disposing" of public land isn't the end of the world
🌵 Public Lands 🌲
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Trump "emergency" fast-tracks Utah uranium mine
The BLM must complete a full environmental review in just 14 days
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Public land sell-off amendment is a test
Will the GOP stand on principle, or bow to Trump?
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