Judge prevents drilling-site work, citing threats to sage grouse
Order prevents drilling and ground disturbance on 449 oil and gas leases covering 334,762 acres in Wyoming until BLM resolves shortcomings in Trump-era approval.
Oil and gas leasing
Game & Fish: Wildlife migration protest won’t derail policy
Agency says neither the designation of two new migration corridors, nor the agency’s broader approach to such habitat have been upset by pushback from influential user groups.
As Zinke touts migration safeguards, conservationists protest
Critics say Interior Department leader’s actions contradict statements he made Saturday in Grand Teton National Park.
Is the public being cut out of public-land decisions?
U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney and U.S. Sen. John Barrasso are in step with the Trump administration in trying to limit public input and participation in natural resource affairs, critics say.
Commissioner: Rushed BLM leasing threatens our way of life
Sweetwater County commissioner calls on Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to remove sales from sensitive areas until planning is complete.
