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Opponents warn of staff exodus as US breaks up lands bureau

Opponents warn of staff exodus as US breaks up lands bureau

LAS VEGAS (AP)-Opponents of the Trump administration’s plan to break up the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the public lands bureau are warning of a brain drain. They say many Bureau of Land Management staffers who are being reassigned are opting to quit rather than move out West. Opponents have projected that […]

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Trump order creates task force on missing American Indians

Trump order creates task force on missing American Indians

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday creating a White House task force on missing and slain American Indians and Alaska Natives. The task force will be overseen by Attorney General William Barr and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. It will develop protocols to apply to new […]

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Congress eyes protections near historical park in New Mexico

Congress eyes protections near historical park in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on federal legislation to create buffer around Chaco Culture National Historical Park (all times local): 3:40 p.m. The U.S. House has approved legislation that would prohibit oil and gas development on federal land surrounding a national park in New Mexico held sacred by numerous […]

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National Parks Service drops plan to allow ATVs in Utah

National Parks Service drops plan to allow ATVs in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A rule that would have allowed ATVs on certain roads in Utah’s five national parks including popular red rock country destinations such as Zion and Arches has been scrapped by the U.S. government one week before it was set to take effect. The National Park […]

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APNewsBreak: Coming to national park trails: electric bikes

APNewsBreak: Coming to national park trails: electric bikes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Motorized electric bicycles may soon be humming onto serene trails in national parks and other public lands nationwide. It’s part of a new Trump administration order — hotly opposed by many outdoors groups — that will allow the so-called e-bikes on every federal trail where a regular […]

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US officials to put off oil leases near sacred tribal land

US officials to put off oil leases near sacred tribal land

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has agreed to put off oil and gas leasing for a year on land that Native Americans consider sacred surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico. The decision comes after Bernhardt visited the siteTuesday and met with leaders of […]

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Interior boss: No monument changes planned, but up to Trump

Interior boss: No monument changes planned, but up to Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt says he has no plans for additional changes to national monuments as recommended by his predecessor, but says it’s ultimately up to President Donald Trump. Trump in 2017 shrank two sprawling Utah monuments at the recommendation of former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. […]

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Cannons, bells, music mark 150th anniversary of railroad

Cannons, bells, music mark 150th anniversary of railroad

PROMONTORY, Utah (AP) — Thousands of people gathered Friday at the remote spot in the Utah desert where the final spikes of the Transcontinental Railroad were hammered 150 years ago, uniting a nation long separated by vast expanses of desert, mountains and forests and fresh off the Civil War. Visitors […]

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Thousands gather in Utah for 150th anniversary of railroad

Thousands gather in Utah for 150th anniversary of railroad

PROMONTORY, Utah (AP) — The Latest on the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad (all times local): 10:35 a.m. People from all over the country are gathering at a remote spot in Utah to celebrate Friday’s 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. Bill Hanmer […]

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Conservation groups ask judge to halt Trump drilling plan

Conservation groups ask judge to halt Trump drilling plan

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Four conservation groups have asked a judge to block a Trump administration plan allowing drilling, mining and other activities in seven Western states they say will harm sage grouse. Western Watersheds Project and other groups asked for the injunction in U.S. District Court in Idaho late […]

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