But if federal lands are turned over to states, there’s no guarantee that land would stay public. Wyoming has sold about 20% ...

The complete proposal would open up more than 255 million acres to potentially sold across the greater United States.

A proposal by Senate Republicans would mandate the sale of 3 million acres worth of federal land in the western US, but is ...

Sen. Mike Lee’s announcement came after he faced some fierce pushback from members of his own party. Sen. Mike Lee’s ...

Utah leaders have made the most forceful push to challenge federal land ownership. The state filed a legal challenge last year seeking to take control of more than 18 million acres of ...

The proposed budget bill would increase logging on federal lands, but most of that money won't go to Oregon counties that ...

An earlier proposal to transfer federal lands in Oregon to the state “never did get anywhere,” Inglis said. “And most states don’t have the budget to fight wildfire on them. ...

Stage 1 fire restrictions are now in place for most state, federal, and unincorporated lands in Utah because of the increased ...

If you’ve lost sleep over the risk of losing our public lands, you’re in good company. Thank goodness these efforts, in the ...

“We look forward to the final passage of the Big Beautiful Bill in order to prevent the largest tax increase in American ...

The federal Bureau of Land Management employed more than 950 people in the state as of 2024, and feds also assume the expensive task of wildfire management on their lands.