PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon lawmakers have voted to repeal the state’s contentous wildfire hazard map , which subjected ...

Reversal of Clinton-era rule opens up roadbuilding and commercial logging on tens of millions of acres nationally that have ...

U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah single-handedly appears to have produced what just might be the most unified, and broadly ...

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A Senate budget proposal would require the sale of public lands across 11 western states, including Washington.

Sen. Mike Lee faces backlash over his federal land sale provision, which environmentalists warn could open 250 million acres ...

A plan to sell more than 2 million acres of federal lands has been ruled out of Republicans’ big tax and spending cut bill ...

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Running from Tillamook to Pacific City, the Three Capes Scenic Route is one of the most stunning drives on the Oregon ...

From the granite heights in Yosemite to the meandering river canyons in Zion, these hiking trails in America showcase the ...

Nearly 40% of the 3.6-million-acre Bridger-Teton National Forest has been managed as a roadless area, marked in brown in this map, for the past quarter century. The designation is going away under the ...

While Washington debates selling or locking up public lands, it’s ignoring the obvious: Responsible oil and gas development on federal land already works. For decades, energy producers have operated ...