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Farm Bill Text Features Wilderness Designations, Interior Rolls Back Drilling Safeguards, and NPS Restricts Reporting on Fatalities

Farm Bill Text Features Wilderness Designations, Interior Rolls Back Drilling Safeguards, and NPS Restricts Reporting on Fatalities

Jun 26, 2026 | The Wild Line

This week on The Wild Line, we’re tracking Farm Bill wilderness designations for Virginia, Arkansas, and Illinois; Kevin Lilly’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee; Interior’s proposed rollback of oil and...
New Wilderness Directives, Congress Approves $2 Billion for Parks, Former Big Bend Supervisors Fight Border Wall

New Wilderness Directives, Congress Approves $2 Billion for Parks, Former Big Bend Supervisors Fight Border Wall

Jun 19, 2026 | The Wild Line

This week on The Wild Line, we’re tracking new federal directives reshaping wilderness management for climbing anchors and livestock grazing, a bipartisan bill that would restore nearly $2 billion annually for national park maintenance, and a legal battle over a...
Trump Targets Recommended Wilderness, Lee Launches Attack on Roadless, Interior Designates New Trails

Trump Targets Recommended Wilderness, Lee Launches Attack on Roadless, Interior Designates New Trails

Jun 12, 2026 | The Wild Line

This week on The Wild Line, we’re tracking a lackluster oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a draft Forest Service memo that could open recommended wilderness to off-road vehicles, Senator Mike Lee’s move to nullify the Roadless...
Trump Repeals Motorized Protections,  the CRA comes for Utah, Appropriators Slash Funding for National Parks

Trump Repeals Motorized Protections, the CRA comes for Utah, Appropriators Slash Funding for National Parks

Jun 5, 2026 | The Wild Line

This week on The Wild Line, we’re tracking the White House’s repeal of decades-old off-road vehicle protections on public lands, House appropriations cuts to national parks and the EPA, the collapse of federal conservation program funding for farmers, and...
Wildlife Fare Well in Transportation Bill, Park Fees Redirected to DC, a Warning on Wildfire Season

Wildlife Fare Well in Transportation Bill, Park Fees Redirected to DC, a Warning on Wildfire Season

May 29, 2026 | The Wild Line

This week on The Wild Line, we’re tracking a new bill to nullify the Gulf of Mexico Endangered Species Act exemption, $67 million in national park entrance fees redirected to Washington, D.C. beautification projects, a steep drop in Forest Service wildfire fuels...
Pearce Confirmed for BLM, Cyanide Bombs Return to Public Lands, Kash Patel Dives Pearl Harbor

Pearce Confirmed for BLM, Cyanide Bombs Return to Public Lands, Kash Patel Dives Pearl Harbor

May 22, 2026 | The Wild Line

This week on The Wild Line, we’re tracking the Senate confirmation of Steve Pearce as Bureau of Land Management director, the Trump administration’s restoration of cyanide trap devices on public lands, new reporting on how automated bots are locking everyday users out...
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