Public Lands/Wilderness Stories
- Women’s wildland firefighting boot camps axed by new DEI policies Wildland firefighting is a tough job and the industry has long struggled with worker retention. Training boot camps have helped bring new firefighters, especially women, into the fold in recent years, but federal cuts could threaten progress. About 84% of federal wildland firefighters are men, […]
- Opponent calls MT resolution 'slap in the face' to public land owners Months after the nation's highest court declined to hear a Utah case about ownership of public lands, a Montana House committee will debate whether to support it. The Committee on Energy, Technology and Federal Relations is scheduled to hear a resolution today about […]
- Competition prepares students for environmental science careers A local event that brings students face-to-face with outdoor habitats is serving to ignite a lifelong passion in some that go on to pursue "green jobs." The Wisconsin Envirothon is an environmental science competition for middle and high school students hosted by the Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation […]
- Report: Reconnecting habitats protecting Pennsylvania’s native species A new report highlighted efforts to restore Pennsylvania's wildlife habitats and called for stronger conservation to protect native species. With Pennsylvania ranking among the top five states for animal-vehicle collisions, more than more than 1 million animals are killed on roads annually. Stephanie Wein, clean water and conservation […]
- Future murky for public lands, but SD has a success story For decades to come, South Dakotans can make use of an expanded wilderness in the southeastern part of the state, as a new land deal will keep hundreds of acres off limits to developers at a time when resource protections are challenged. The forest […]
- Two CA national monuments in peril as feds announce plan to rescind them Two new national monuments in California are in jeopardy after the White House announced a plan to revoke them and then appeared to retreat. On Saturday, the White House told the Washington Post President Donald Trump planned to rescind President Joe Biden's […]
- National park layoffs affect AR economy The seven national parks in Arkansas have not been spared from job cuts by the federal government. Nationwide, 1,700 park employees have been let go by the Trump administration. Eboni Preston, southeast regional director and National Park Service diversity lead for the National Parks Conservation Association, said the cuts […]
- Court challenges of recent mass firings of federal workers making headway The Sierra Club is taking the Trump administration to court, joining a slew of legal challenges over the mass firings of federal workers. Sierra Club Managing Attorney Gloria Smith said the purge conducted by Trump's Department of Government Efficiency will have immediate impacts on […]