"CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe we emit CO2." @secretaryburgum.bsky.social has gone full on climate denier

Nuclear waste storage bill dies. Freedom Caucus-backed measure would have banned nuclear fuel waste storage in Wyoming unless approved by voters on a case-by-case basis. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/nuclear-wast...

Powerful words from Rep Clyburn at this morning's hearing on the Trump administration's attempts to wipe history from our national parks and #publiclands. #Freedom250

Check out @repdexteror.bsky.social calling out Trump for his Freedom250 grift in a House Nat Resources committee hearing this AM 🔥

Check out @rephuffman.bsky.social scolding Republicans this morning at a hearing on Trump's Freedom250 campaign for bowing down to the president as he bullies America and uses his position to enrich himself and his friends 🔥 #Freedom250

“Ironically, by upending precedent in this way, Congress has unleashed regulatory uncertainty on America’s public lands—threatening both conservation & recreation as well as the industrial interests prioritized by President Trump.” — CWP's Kate Groetzinger for the Gunnison Times #publiclands

REPORTER MEMO: Seismic shift in public land management across the West Congress is abusing the Congressional Review Act to throw out land management plans and tie the hands of land managers in perpetuity. Learn more: westernpriorities.org/2026/01/repo... #publiclands

Look West: BLM approves four-lane highway through critical habitat in Utah mailchi.mp/westernprior... #publiclands

Today, Congress sent a letter to the Interior dept raising major concerns about Karen Budd-Falen, whose husband made $3.5 million off a mine permitted by Interior when Budd-Falen was a top official there. Here's our statement: westernpriorities.org/2026/01/stat...

Trump has implemented, or begun to implement, over 80% of Project 2025's directives on #publiclands. See the data in our new report. westernpriorities.org/2026/01/from...

We just released a new report documenting how the Trump admin has implemented Project 2025, a radical right-wing policy plan that Trump once called "ridiculous", on our nation's public lands. Over 80% of P2025's #publiclands recs are done or in motion. westernpriorities.org/2026/01/from...

Look West: Alaska seeks control of federally-protected lakes and rivers mailchi.mp/westernprior...

Science is essential to managing wildlife populations, but there are limits to what we know. buff.ly/2IdWmOt

Look West: Top Interior official faces corruption allegations over Thacker Pass water deal mailchi.mp/westernprior...

Mike Lee is once again trying to sell off your #publiclands learn more about his latest attempt in our statement: westernpriorities.org/2025/12/stat...

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!