When public land is quietly handed to private interests, entire communities are displaced, forests fall, and wealth concentrates in the hands of a few. At the heart of this crisis lies one constant: ...

While the proposed sale of public lands in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act drew a huge backlash that ultimately scuttled the plan, provisions for oil and gas leasing on federal lands mostly flew under ...

The GOP’s plan to put a for-sale sign on millions of acres of federal land out West was just nixed. But the idea has been kicking around Washington for years. A couple of years ago, Miriam Hicks was ...