The Department of Interior is exploring ways to use federal lands for energy production, and national park advocates worry that could put some park sites at risk. Citing an executive order by ...

Fact Sheets: Download the key facts and numbers on mining threats for each state in the West, linked at the top of this page. 30-Mile Map PDFs: View and download these maps of mining activity within a ...

In Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, more than 15,000 mining claims are within 30 miles of a national park or monument, according to the National Parks Conservation Association. Beau Kiklis, associate ...

Trump Administration Will Consider Redrawing Boundaries of National Monuments as Part of Energy Push WASHINGTON (AP) — As part of the Trump administration’s push to expand U.S. energy ...

Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante — national monuments spread across Arizona, California, New Mexico and Utah. Interior Department officials are poring over geological maps to analyze the ...

“And the proposed maps for the Chuckwalla monument are a reflection of that.” President Joe Biden plans to create two new national monuments in California in the coming days, according to two ...

“The size is concerning,” Aimee Tooker said. “If it was really about protecting the Dolores River, the national monument map would have stayed within the Dolores River, but it’s no ...

The proposed Maah Daah Hey National Monument would encompass 11 noncontiguous ... according to the supporters' map. But the proposed units have no oil and gas leases, private inholdings or ...

WASHINGTON As part of the Trump administration’s push to expand U.S. energy production, federal officials will review and consider redrawing the boundaries of national monuments created under ...