Interior Department Mum On How It Plans To Unleash Public Lands

Public lands caucus: gift or grift?

May’s been a weird month for those who have worked in the conservation field for any length of time. Not only has it seen an unprecedented attack on America’s public lands by right-wing federal lawmakers who want to help the Trump administration use the country’s unique inventory of publicly owned acreage to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest among us, it’s seen some previously unexpected pushback from other Republicans who really don’t have a leg…

Interior Department Mum On How It Plans To Unleash Public Lands

A FOIA request made in an attempt to better understand Interior Secretary Doug Burgum's plans for federal lands carries a lot of black.A Freedom of Information Act-triggered paper dump from the Interior Department provides a sturdy outline of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s fervid drive to mine, log, and drill public lands. But it is woefully short on details.The nearly 470 pages purportedly support Burgum’s secretarial orders that cite a natio…