In an uncommon move, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum intervened in a case that involved the former legal clients of Karen Budd-Falen, one of his top deputies.

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A writer experienced everything in spring: supernatural plants, chronic illness and a multi-generational curse called climate change.

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A controversial land swap orchestrated by the mega rich could be ‘a harbinger of what’s to come’ for public lands under Trump.

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The media mogul had a lifelong commitment to endangered species, ecotourism and supporting rural agriculture.

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‘If you don’t have clean water, you really don’t have anything.’

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Nature’s enduring mysteries buoy efforts to save the most endangered marine mammal on Earth.

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There’s ongoing harm from Indigenous identity fraud.

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Oil and gas giant Continental Resources wanted the BLM to sign off on new wells in Wyoming, despite a court injunction there. The agency obliged.

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Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.

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The pipeline would eventually cross 234 miles of tribal land. The hearing initiating the project caught community members off guard.

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