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Whats Up with President Obama Narrating a Netflix Nature Series?

Salmon fisherman, Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA

What the Hell Is Going on with the Pebble Mine?

Tourists at viewpoint, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA

Have 50 Years of Overcrowded Parks Taught Us Nothing?

Thousands of people converged on the steps of Utah's State Capital building on December 2nd, 2017 to protest President Trump's plan to shrink protected areas across the country.

DOI Emails on Bears Ears Prove Trump Ignored Natives

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An oil drilling rig operates on May 10, 2017 outside Richfield, Utah.
Environment

It's D-Day for Bears Ears

Companies focused on resource extraction now have access to huge chunks of the former national monument

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The Park Service has been without an official director since Obama-era appointee Jonathan Jarvis retired last January.
Environment

Meet Your Controversial New Park Service Director

The r矇sum矇 of P. Daniel Smith, including a troubling work history

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Thousands of people converged on the steps of Utah's State Capital building to protest President Trump's plan to shrink protected areas across the country.
Opinion

Op-Ed: Zinke Betrayed the Tribal Nations

By slashing the Utah monuments without listening to the sovereign indigenous voices, the secretary of the interior regressed to a time when the feds oppressed and disrespected the tribes

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Environment

Trump Shrinks Bears Ears. Get Ready for Tribal Lawsuits.

Get ready for lawsuits. The five tribal nations that supported the formation of the monument say they will respond with legal action and continued collaboration.

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Environment

Trump Says Shrink Bears Ears. Now What?

On Friday, the President told Senator Orrin Hatch that he planned to downsize two Utah national monuments. Here's why nothing's likely to happen soon.

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In August 2015, four marketing professionals drove a bright yellow 1976 GMC RV named Teddy north from Nevada into the Owyhee Canyonlandsan area larger than Yellowstone, tucked into Oregons sparsely inhabited southeastern corner. As employees of Portland footwear company Keen, their mission was to generate public support for a decade-long grassroots campaign to protect the 2.5-million-acre swath of volcanic moonscapes, redrock canyons, bighorn sheep, and pristine rivers with a national monument designation by documenting its beauty (and yes, probably sell a few shoes in the process). But when this remote quarter of America finally garnered the nations attention six months later, it was for the armed occupiers who took over the neighboring Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in a statement against federal land protections. As President Obama left office, the West's largest intact tract of wilderness remained vulnerable to industrial development. The wildlife refuge occupation rekindled strong anti-public land sentiment and, in Washington, a new Congress aiming to rewrite the rulebook on public lands may open the area to mining, petrochemical, and other interests with a simple vote. These are worrying developments for the Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA), a leading member of a coalition of conservation groups and advocates that includes the Pew Charitable trusts, the Sierra Club, and the Wilderness Society. And with the current political climate, theyll likely have to find a new path forward. But as these photos show, protecting the Owyhees primal grandeur is worth the effort.
Water Sports

The Lonely Beauty of the Wests Largest Unprotected Wilderness

Obama was supposed to safeguard Oregons Owyhee Canyonlands with a National Monument designation, but when that didnt happen, its supporters were left wondering. Whats next?

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The newest national monument has ardent supporters and detractors.
Environment

Just How Hard Is It to Undo Bears Ears?

Trump's order to review the national-monument designations of the past 21 years seems to be the first concrete intimation of rolling back the protections all together

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The first step in exploration is the vision to see whats beyond the routine and familiar.
Environment

Pro 窪蹋勛圖厙r Eric Larsen on Why Obama Is Our Greatest Explorer

Pro adventurer Eric Larsen, who's spent the past 20 years exploring the Arctic, on why the President's move to protect the Arctic and Antarctic came just in the nick of time

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Environment

President Barack Obama Declares Chimney Rock a National Monument

Chimney Rock. Photo: USDA.gov/Flickr On Friday, President Barack Obama signed a proclamation designating 4,726 acres of land in southwestern Colorado as Chimney Rock National Monument.

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Environment

What President Barack Obama Would Do if Given a Day to Do Anything

Michael Lewis, President Barack Obama. Photo: Official White House Photograph/Pete Souza Reporter Michael Lewis followed President Barack Obama for six months in order to write the profile “Obama's Way.” At its core, the Vanity Fair story is a…

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Barack Obama Interview

An interview with Barack Obama about energy and the environment

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