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Steve Pearce's Confirmation Tested Senate Public Lands Caucus. It Failed

"The Senate on Monday narrowly confirmed Steve Pearce, a former New Mexico congressman with a long history of pushing for federal public land sell-offs, to serve as director of the Bureau of Land Management."

Source: Public Domain, 05/19/2026
July 26, 2026 to July 31, 2026

Ecological Society of America's Annual Meeting

Press registration is now open for the Ecological Society of America's Annual Meeting, the world’s largest gathering of professional ecologists. The 2026 meeting will run from Sunday through Friday, July 26-31, at the Salt Palace Convention Center, 100 S W Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT.

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"Montana GOP Candidate Has History Of Calling For Federal Land Transfers"

"In a video announcing his Congressional bid in Montana last month, longtime conservative radio host Aaron Flint bemoaned the prospect of “public lands being fenced off.”"

Source: Public Domain, 05/05/2026

Trump DOI Crafted Talking Points For Mike Lee’s Public Land Sell-Off Scheme

"Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee’s committee consulted with the Trump administration the day before Lee introduced his wildly unpopular bill to force a sell-off of up to 3.2 million acres of federal public lands across the West, Public Domain has learned."

Source: Public Domain, 04/16/2026

"The Great Salt Lake Is Dying. Can This $1B Trump Plan Save It?"

"Winter's disastrously low snowfall could further complicate an already audacious plan to refill the dying Great Salt Lake in time for the 2034 Winter Olympics in Utah."

Source: USA TODAY, 04/16/2026

EPA Rolled Back Mercury Regs And Left This Community In Pollution's Path

"Rainbow trout is a prized catch for fisherman on the Northern Cheyenne reservation, in the high plains of southeastern Montana." 

Source: CNN, 03/19/2026

Little-Used Maneuver Could Mean More Drilling and Mining in Southern Utah

"Two Utah Congress members have introduced a resolution that could end protections for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Conservation groups worry similar maneuvers on other federal lands will follow."

Source: Inside Climate News, 03/06/2026

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