Project 2025’s extreme vision for the West

The demolition of public lands, water and wildlife protections are part of conservatives’ plan for a second Trump term.

Michelle Nijhuis

and

Erin X. Wong

Jul 23, 2024

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An oil and gas well and the now-defunct San Juan Generating Station coal power plant in northwestern New Mexico. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.

This story was originally published by High Country News and is republished here by permission.

By Michelle Nijhuis and Erin X. Wong

If Donald Trump is re-elected president in November, a coalition of more than 50 ri…

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A guest post by

Michelle Nijhuis

I’m a longtime conservation and environmental journalist and the author of Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction, a critical history of the modern conservation movement. Signal: shellhuis.21

A guest post by

Erin X. Wong

Changing imperceptibly