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  • Interior Secretary Ramps up Assaults on Public Land

    AARON WEISSCENSES, Writers on the Range|Apr 22, 2026

    For the second consecutive year, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has proposed a budget that attempts to undermine the agencies that care for America’s public lands. Released in early April, the fiscal 2027 budget plans to cut nearly 3,000 positions from the National Park Service alone, plus thousands more staffers across the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Geological Survey, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs. Congress largely rejected those cuts the last time around, but the administration is trying again, hoping to b...

  • Hey, Utah: Americans Love Our Public Lands

    AARON WEISS, Writers on the Range|Jan 29, 2025

    If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while hoping in vain for different results, then Utah's leaders surely need to talk to a mental health professional. Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court summarily dismissed Utah's land-grab lawsuit, which had gained the support of 12 states. It was the latest in a string of unsuccessful attempts to wrest control of public lands from the American people. Why Utah persists in its quest to privatize its priceless public land assets...