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But amid staff departures and potential budget cuts it remains uncertain what the Trump administration will do with the dozens of projects at the beginning of the BLM queue. Read More

The bureau extended existing conservation agreements with water users in Arizona and California. Read More

The directors, who served under both Democratic and Republican presidents, said Trump administration policies jeopardize national parks. Read More

It would be harder for insurers and scientists to study wildfires, storms and other “billion dollar disasters,” which are growing more frequent as the planet warms. Read More

The lesser prairie chicken, known for the males’ quirky courtship dance, inhabits grasslands sought-after by farming and energy developers. Read More

Brazilian state legislation is in favor of hundreds of cattle ranchers who had illegally converted swathes of Amazon rainforest into pasture land. Read More

Road building in the Amazon, which historically has often led to deforestation, also stands in stark contrast to a central aim of climate conferences: conservation of biodiversity. Read More

Nearly two-thirds of the European Parliament voted to change wolves’ status from “strictly protected” to “protected.” Read More