The Battle for Land, Identity, and Survival of Gullah Geechee Communities
Whenever Nikki Williams’ feet touch the soil on Sapelo Island, Georgia, memories of her youth flood back vividly. Every fall, ...
Bureau of Land Management seeks input on possible oil and gas lease sales
The BLM is asking the public for their input on possible oil and gas lease sales this September. McCain posted and later ...
State Land Office agrees to potentially historic land exchange
The New Mexico State Land Office signed an agreement that could lead to one of the largest land exchanges in New Mexican ...
Oklahoma Farm Bureau president: Protect against growing threats to private property rights
The freedom to make decisions about our property isn’t only a right — it’s a necessity, said Rodd Moesel, president of ...
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Bureau of Land Management faces fresh challenge over oil and gas permitting
Groups like the Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club argue in their suit that the permitting violated the Clean Air Act and National Environmental Policy Act, among others. They claim that ...
Bureau of Land Management, oil companies sued over drilling permits in San Joaquin Valley
A lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, and the California Asthma Collective, claims the expansion of oil in California's San Joaquin Valley ...
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Garfield County Commissioners sign letter of support to USFS, BLM for pipeline project
Garfield County Commissioners voted to sign a letter of support to the United States Forest Service and Bureau of Land ...
How Interior secretary review of monuments and public lands could affect Arizona
In one of his first secretarial orders, Doug Burgum ordered staff to review public lands with an eye toward opening them to ...
These 13 national monuments may be ‘at risk’ of losing federal protections, advocates warn
The National Park Conservation Association has identified 13 national monuments it considers at risk after a recent Interior Department order.
2 land conservation groups square off in federal court battle
The Nature Conservancy is pitted against the Western Watersheds Project in an effort to put in reservoirs and fencing for the ...
GBI: South Georgia mayor charged with kickbacks, stealing city land and trying to free an inmate
The mayor of Pearsons — a town of just under 2,000 in Atkinson County — faces over 26 criminal charges, ranging from bribery, ...
Photos show name carved into 3,000-year-old petroglyphs in ‘tragic act of destruction’
An ancient petroglyph “that has stood for up to 3,000 years” was destroyed when someone carved a name into the rock in Utah, ...