Big Methane Mad Man TY! to Kate & Aaron of @westernpriorities.org for inviting us all on the Landscape to talk abt oil & gas' devastating impacts in New Mexico... thanks for giving us all a chance to speak the truth on behalf of frontline families everywhere. westernpriorities.org/2025/12/the-...

If it walks like a duck…  Steve Pearce has advocated for selling off our public lands. He should be nowhere near the Bureau of Land Management, the agency that oversees our federal lands. www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/12/04/c...

Just found out it's National Cookie Day... 🍪 Happy National Cookie Day to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum aka Secretary Cookies! Did you make your staff bake you fresh cookies today? www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

"Designating these minerals as ‘critical’ paves the way for land use and permitting decisions that will negatively impact Western public lands and wildlife habitats for decades to come." Read more from our blog, Westwise, now on Substack. #publiclands

"Do Western senators really care about keeping public lands in public hands? Steve Pearce, President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Bureau of Land Management, is a litmus test of their commitment." — CWP Deputy Director Aaron Weiss, @denverpost.com

Look West: Parks crawl back online after shutdown mailchi.mp/westernprior...

"Over his six years [as NM Republican Party chair], Pearce alienated moderates, purged reformers and lost credibility with donors." — Southwest Public Policy Intitute Director Patrick M. Brenner #publiclands #stevepearce

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Meet Sell-off Steve, Trump's new nominee to run the Bureau of Land Management. Steve Pearce is an avowed supporter of privatizing public lands and has no business running the agency that manages the majority of them. #publiclands

BREAKING: In the final hours of the Trump admin's public comment period, a new analysis by the Center for Western Priorities finds 98% of comments oppose the admin's plan to rescind the Public Lands Rule. #publiclands Our statement: westernpriorities.org/2025/11/new-...

“Steve Pearce’s nomination is even more proof that President Trump and Interior Secretary Burgum are determined to undermine, sell out, and eventually sell off America’s public lands.” — CWP's Jennifer Rokala in @nmpoliticalreport.bsky.social #publiclands

The Trump administration is leveraging the government shutdown to permanently cut public land management staff and to benefit extractive industries #publiclands #governmentshutdown #nationalparks

BREAKING: Trump nominates former U.S. Rep Steve Pearce of New Mexico to run the Bureau of Land Management. In Congress, Pearce amassed a lengthy anti-public lands record. Our statement: westernpriorities.org/2025/11/stat... #publiclands

Secretary Burgum said the quiet part out loud - he and Trump are perfectly happy with how things are going during this shutdown. This administration doesn't want to provide its citizens or #publiclands with any services. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

The Trump administration is rewriting 📷 the stories told by public lands & waters. This erasure is an attempt to undermine the history of America and, in turn, redefine who America is for. Want to learn more? via @americanprogress.bsky.social

BREAKING: In a court filing this morning, the Interior department told a federal judge it intends to fire more than 2,000 government employees through a reduction in force, or RIF. Our statement: westernpriorities.org/2025/10/stat... #publiclands

‘From Utah to China, where in the world could Arizona copper sitting under an Apache holy site go?’ “The American public is just getting screwed here” — Protect #OakFlat www.kjzz.org/tribal-natur...

I'm riding my mountain bike on the 850-mile Arizona Trail this fall to see and write about #climate impacts along the way. We're publishing weekly dispatches from the trail in The Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com as I go. The first one just dropped: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

The Bureau of Land Management wants to eliminate the Public Lands Rule, rolling back protections on millions of acres of public lands, including landscapes that border more than 80 national parks. Take action: support.npca.org/page/89443/p...

Corner crossing will not have its day in the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court justices announced today it will not hear the Wyoming case, which has broad impacts for public land access across the West.

"The Interior Department revealed Monday that it plans to eliminate more than 2,000 jobs" via @eenews.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

"This directive to take down signage and webpages undermine park visitors at every turn. Stripping this history and science away strips our national parks of their integrity." - Kristen Brengle, NPCA. https://bit.ly/4pB7wBp

BREAKING: The U.S. Senate has voted to pass several Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions targeting Bureau of Land Management (BLM) resource management plans (RMPs) in Alaska and the western U.S. Our statement: westernpriorities.org/2025/10/cong...

NEW: Big Oil is back to indiscriminately locking up public land in Utah The BLM held an oil and gas lease sale in Utah yesterday in which 14 out of 15 parcels, and 94% of the total acreage offered, sold. Our analysis and statement: westernpriorities.org/2025/09/big-...

“It’s clear that the American people are speaking with one voice,” Weiss says. “And this is not a partisan issue. This is not a state by state issue. This is unanimous. Americans are telling the Forest Service: ‘Don’t do this.’” via @outdoorlife.com

More than 99% of Americans are opposed to the Trump Administration’s plan to ditch the Roadless Rule. “Effectively, it’s unanimous,” CWP Deputy Director Aaron Weiss tells @outdoorlife.com.

The votes are in... OVER 99% of commenters oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule. The rule currently protects over 50 million acres of national forest in the U.S. The Trump admin is planning to ax it. See our full press release and statement here: westernpriorities.org/2025/09/comm...

Interior Sec Doug Burgum announced that he plans to rescind the Public Lands Rule, a 2024 BLM rule that included conservation as one of the multiple uses of public lands, alongside ranching, mining, and oil drilling. Our statement: westernpriorities.org/2025/09/stat...

Our STATEMENT on House Natural Resources Committee field hearing on the Great American Outdoors Act at Grand Teton National Park westernpriorities.org/2025/09/stat...

"Liquidating public lands to cover a budget shortfall outside of Nevada undermines their preservation for our local outdoor economy and the wider economy." — YOGO founder Jessica Thompson via @thenvindy.com

New Interior dept leadership list just dropped... Tyler Hassen is replaced by Michael Boren, billionaire Idaho rancher who has flouted federal law according to @nytimes.com #Publiclands

“There’s this growing awareness that public lands are under attack. And I think that just doesn’t sit well with people.” — CWP communications manager Kate Groetzinger via @outsidemag.bsky.social #publiclands

“So we have fewer people running models, giving forecasts and telling firefighters on the ground what they can expect,” Duncan said.

Thank you to @krclradio.bsky.social for having us on last night to talk about our Keep Parks Public campaign and #publiclands in Utah! krcl.org/blog/religio...

From wildfires to proposed land sales, Utah's wild places have faced new threats this year amid cuts by the Trump administration and a Republican-led Congress. Thanks for the coverage @erinalberty.bsky.social!

Looking for a little mid-week inspiration? We've got an excellent webinar coming up tomorrow with @riogranderift.bsky.social discussing WELC's strategic work toward regeneration for the west and how we can collectively imagine a future centered on kinship. 8/20, 12:30-1:30 PT 💻 bit.ly/AugustWELC

Look West: Trump's mining push threatens groundwater in southern Utah mailchi.mp/westernprior...

"A clear and dangerous pattern is emerging: Shrink these agencies until they break, then claim that selling off or industrializing our public lands is the only fix." — @stonemanning.bsky.social

"It just doesn’t make sense that the Trump administration is gutting the agencies responsible for managing fire risk when we need these experienced and dedicated people most." - @stonemanning.bsky.social

“They’re making it much cheaper for oil and gas companies to lease and drill on these lands... And there’s really no promise that any of those savings will be passed on to taxpayers.” — CWP's Kate Groetzinger via @sltrib.com

Look West: Federal tax break for coal will cost Wyoming $50 million per year mailchi.mp/westernprior...

Join us for the Keep Parks Public tour in SLC on Thursday 8.21 for a chance to win @patagonia.com gear! RSVP to enter the giveaway. www.eventbrite.com/e/public-lan...

Look West: Keep Parks Public tour rolls into New Mexico, Arizona mailchi.mp/westernprior...

One employee says the Trump administration is "scared as hell about staffing" as it enters peak wildfire season. via @govexec.bsky.social

The real estate investment and development industries, including Blackstone Group, have given Sen. Mike Lee a combined $1.03 million over his career, the fourth highest of any industry. #publiclands www.publicdomain.media/p/utah-mike-...

“I don’t know who he’s talked to about affordable housing. I don’t know anybody who’s met with him.” — Tara Rollins, executive director of the Utah Housing Coalition via @chrisdangelo.bsky.social

We had a great event last night at the @patagonia.com store in Denver to kick off our Keep Parks Public tour! Learn more about the tour and JOIN US in SLC and Grand Junction! www.keepparkspublic.org

The Trump admin wants to let this gold mine drop the water table 40 ft and contaminate groundwater with arsenic, all for 75 jobs and $300,000 in tax revenue/year. The mine owners stand to make over $1 billion. Rural residents lose, corporations win. www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/...

This is why full environmental impact statements are important!!! www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/...

Colorado conservation leaders denounce attacks on national public lands, join campaign to Keep Parks Public ‘More than just places on a map’: Event puts spotlight on Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and anti-park members of Congress #publiclands