A conservation policy and advocacy organization focused on land and energy issues across the American West. We tweet about #publiclands.
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This platform it’s mostly pro AI and energy development lobbyists, pretending to be climate activists. Section 1401 is catastrophic to environmental protections. It’s anti-democratic.
Senate permitting bill would cut the public out of public lands and lock in data center, nuclear, and fossil fuel approvals
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New map tracks data center applications moving through BLM's pipeline
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BLM is currently considering at least 35 applications for data centers and related infrastructure on public lands in six Western states, covering more than 24,000 acres
our statement below
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Sobering chart from Chris Keyes at Re:Public.
Our national parks deserve better. They consistently poll higher than both the President and Congress. Seems like a no brainer to fund them and then brag about it. Right?
Trump is giving away public lands
A road through Yosemite 🏞️, 715 acres of wildlife refuge to SpaceX 🚀, 4 data centers on NPS land 🏭
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Over 99% of public comments oppose repealing the Roadless Rule, which protects over 44M acres of national forest land from logging and development.
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#roadlessrule
The Park Service has toured three sites inside Grand Teton National Park for a 20,000-seat MLB stadium. Meanwhile, Burgum's Interior department is blocking hundreds of grants to the partner organizations that keep parks running.
"We can't afford to let Grand Teton become his single-use sandlot." CWP's Executive Director Aaron Weiss
Our statement here: westernpriorities.org/2026/0…
Trump delegated authority to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.
Yet another way the Trump admin is making it easier for companies to extract resources without engaging with the public or conducting environmental reviews. 🫥
#publiclands #nationalparks #oilandgas #trump #burgum
Tyler Hassen admitted that DOGE didn't actually save money.
The national debt passed $40 trillion on August 18.
#DOGE #publiclands #nationalparks #elonmusk #debt
NEW ANALYSIS: 99 percent of the 134,312 public comments on the Forest Service's plan to open national forest roads and trails to motor vehicles by default oppose it.
Americans know there are places motorized vehicles belong and places they don't.
Check out our analysis here: westernpriorities.org/resour…
STATEMENT on Pitkin County's vote to approve special use permit for operations of Maroon Bells Scenic Area: westernpriorities.org/2026/0…
So basically Trump watched The Odyssey and decided to make his very own Trojan Horse 💀
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The Interior department disapproved 133 National Park Service partner agreements on 8/7, blocking $25.9 million for fire recovery, habitat restoration, archives, and conservation crews at 61 locations. Our new interactive map shows every one:
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BLM is weighing data center proposals or right-of-way permits on public lands in Arizona, Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming, according to data identified by the Center for Western Priorities.
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The man in charge of our public lands appears to know nothing about national monuments.
Is he really this ignorant, or is he lying on purpose?
Read the blog and let us know.
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Doug Burgum fails national monument fact check.
Do you think he's lying on purpose, or he has no idea what's true?
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