America’s public lands, from its majestic national parks to its vast national forests, are at the heart of the country’s identity. They cover more than a quarter of the nation and large parts of the ...

When most people think about visiting America’s protected lands, their minds jump straight to the big names. Yellowstone. Yosemite. The Grand Canyon. These iconic national parks draw millions of ...

The Justice Department has told the president he can abolish monuments. Six have already come under scrutiny at the Interior Department. During his sole term in office, former President Joe Biden ...

From dinosaur fossils and petrified trees to canyon vistas and the sites of ancient Indigenous communities, Colorado's national monuments boast some of the country's most dramatic landscapes and ...

The Justice Department this week published legal guidance for the White House saying presidents can eliminate or cut national monuments created by their predecessors. Armed with a new legal directive ...

Imagine if oil drilling were allowed in the Chesapeake Bay or Assateague Island. It’s unthinkable because the public wouldn’t stand for it. We know that some places are too precious to risk. Just as ...

The 1906 Antiquities Act gave presidents the power to protect objects on public lands. A Justice Dept. memo said the Act also ”carries with it the power to revoke.” A legal official at the Department ...

The 31 national monuments designated since the Clinton administration, which could be downsized as the Trump administration pushes to open more public lands to extractive industries, safeguard clean ...

A newly published U.S. Justice Department memo could open a path for President Donald Trump to roll back protections for millions of acres of federal lands and oceans. It has raised alarms among ...

Ecologists have a practice called long-term ecological monitoring: returning to the same patch of ground again and again, season after season, until the ordinary reveals its patterns and shifts. For ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over 730,000 people visit Colorado National Monument each year. It was established in 1911 under the Antiquities Act. Gordon ...