Federal Lands

State conservatives say the U.S. Constitution mandates Congress to ‘dispose’ of this land.

City Club of Boise forum panelists discussed Idaho's public lands and how potential changes to oversight and ownership of these lands may impact access and ways in which they are used.

The announcement comes as many cities and rural communities across the Mountain West struggle with housing affordability. About half the land in the West is owned by the federal government.

The resolution to hand over wide swaths of public land failed after a bumpy ride in the Senate.

Counties in Idaho will receive more than $41 million from the federal government this year under the PILT program.

The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing in mid-June about coal leasing on federal lands.

A new report shows that Western states vary widely in how much federal public lands within their borders have been protected from extractive uses over the last decade – with some surprising discrepancies.

A new analysis finds the Bureau of Land Management has been renewing grazing permits on millions of acres of public lands without performing environmental reviews.

Washington County Commissioners signed off 2-1 Monday morning on three ordinances that the state attorney general’s office said are likely…

A new white paper from the non-profit Headwaters Economics says transferring public lands from the federal government to Western states would generate...