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Tag: Department of Interior
While ‘zombie’ mines idle, cleanup and workers suffer in limbo Instead...
This investigation was produced in collaboration with High Country News, The Center for Public Integrity and the Ohio Valley ReSource.
The sound of metal banging against metal broke the...
U.S. senators attempt to thwart planned BLM move A Senate subcommittee...
WASHINGTON — Congress and the Trump administration butted heads Tuesday over the plan to move the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Colorado.
The U.S....
How Bureau of Land Management employees really feel about moving West...
When it comes to the relocation of the Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters, acting Director William Perry Pendley, a self-proclaimed “sagebrush rebel,” is just...
Coloradan David Bernhardt confirmed as Trump’s Interior secretary As expected, Sens....
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to confirm David Bernhardt, a former lobbyist and George W. Bush administration official, to become the next...
Recording reveals oil industry execs laughing at Trump access In a...
Editor's note: This story was originally published by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit news organization based in the San Francisco Bay...
Inside Colorado’s ‘hotbed’ of wildlife conflict Documents show flawed management leads...
ANALYSIS
A frozen, severed head arrived at the lab.
The bighorn sheep’s horns, splattered with bright red blood, curled tightly around its face. Its open eyes...
National parks endure rising visitation and less staff
National parks have been a centerpiece of America’s tourism culture since the late 19th century, after the colonialization and displacement of many of the...
Feds announce moratorium on new coal leases
The Interior Department has put an end to new federal coal leases as it begins a review of a program that provides 40 percent...
Obama-backed restoration projects putting more than 20,000 low-income youth to work
Four new conservation projects in Colorado will add to the more than 20,000 work opportunities for low-income youth on public lands this summer.
Conservation groups, tribe defend feds in Grand Canyon uranium mining lawsuit
A coalition of conservation groups and a Native American tribe are backing the U.S. government in its battle to block new uranium mining in...