The Bureau of Land Management wants to erase the 10-mile no-drilling buffer around Chaco Culture National Historical Park — 336,400 acres opened to oil, gas and uranium. UNESCO says extraction is incompatible with World Heritage status and is waiting on an answer from Washington.
Walz signed an order blocking the Twin Metals copper-nickel mine upstream from the Boundary Waters. It dies 90 days into the next governor's term. Demuth is 'pro-mining, all mining, including Twin Metals' — and says it can be done 'safer than any other place in the country if not the world.'
The Forest Service asked the public what it thought about ending roadless protections on 58.8 million acres. More than 99% of the 223,862 comments said no. Hageman's H.R. 7695 would write the repeal into law and bar any future administration from restoring it — including on 3.3 million acres of Wyoming.
Simpson's FY27 Interior spending bill strips federal protection from gray wolves and grizzlies in four ecosystems, blocks wolverine protections, and cuts Endangered Species Act listing money by half — with judicial review barred so nobody can challenge it in court.
Maloy's bill moves lawsuits over Shivwits tribal land into Utah state court and allows 99-year leases — exactly what a developer needs to build a 1,250-acre golf resort on the reservation. That developer's managing partner gave Maloy and her PAC $30,500.
A 30-foot wall is going up through a wildlife refuge in her own district. Constituents rallied and asked her to restore the protection Congress had already granted. Her office did not respond.
He wants the Bureau of Land Management to stop planning until every historic road claim is settled in court. Utah filed those claims in 2011. Not one has been decided since.
You have been able to carry a gun in a national park since 2010. The one thing still off-limits is inside the visitor center and the ranger station. Yakym's Federal Lands Lawful Carry Act would end that — endorsed by the NRA, Gun Owners of America and the Second Amendment Foundation.
Visitation jumped 45% in March. May brought gridlock. Two senators asked Interior to bring the system back. McClintock's answer in June: people complaining about crowds just don't want 'those pesky other people' in the park.