The Wild Line

This week on The Wild Line, we're tracking the Senate's passage of a Congressional Review Act resolution to enable mining in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, the Forest Service's proposed headquarters relocation to Salt Lake City, the...

Weekly policy roundup covering the Trump Administration’s National Park Service budget cuts, Forest Service reorganization plan, USDA NEPA rule, Congressional votes on Boundary Waters mining and Grand Staircase-Escalante, and the Endangered Species Act Amendments Act, with updates on federal public lands and conservation policy.

Weekly policy roundup covering the U.S. Forest Service reorganization, an Endangered Species Act exemption for Gulf of Mexico oil and gas, the Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan court ruling, Chaco Culture National Historical Park oil and gas scoping, and conservation wins in California and Arkansas, with federal public lands and wildlife policy updates for April 2026.

Weekly policy roundup covering Oklahoma’s new energy-executive senator, Big Cypress wilderness legislation, SpaceX’s Lower Rio Grande land swap, E&E News staff cuts, and wildfire science communication, with updates on federal public lands and conservation policy.

Weekly policy roundup covering lead ammunition regulations on federal lands, Endangered Species Act God Squad exemptions for Gulf oil and gas, Cumberland Island National Seashore land swap, and public lands updates for March 20, 2026.

This week on The Wild Line: the federal government advances twin lease sale plans in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge and Western Arctic, the Department of Interior finalizes revised NEPA procedures, the Trump Administration moves to restart a spill-prone California pipeline,...

This week on The Wild Line, we’re tracking House Natural Resources Committee approvals on sequoia stewardship and scenic trail designation, tensions over the farm bill’s nutrition title and conservation programs, Trump administration moves on public lands leadership, Montana political shifts affecting conservation policy, border wall threats to Big Bend National Park, prescribed burn controversies in Illinois wilderness, and efforts to overturn the Grand Staircase-Escalante management plan.

This week on The Wild Line, we’re tracking the Senate confirmation hearing for Bureau of Land Management nominee Steve Pearce, a new Public Land Order revoking protections on 2.1 million acres in Alaska, federal changes to protections for the lesser prairie chicken, and a Vermont Supreme Court ruling on public trail access. From federal land oversight to wildlife policy and access rights, these stories highlight major shifts in public lands governance.

This week’s policy roundup covers a lawsuit over National Park Service interpretive changes, stalled Colorado River drought negotiations, renewed Farm Bill debate, proposed management updates for Montana’s Flathead River, and public comments closing on Cumberland Island’s Visitor Use Management Plan.

This week on The Wild Line: a key Senate vote on Boundary Waters mining protections is postponed, the Forest Service proposes limits on public comment, and the Trump administration rolls back protections at a major Atlantic marine monument. We also cover a National Park Service nomination, federal public lands legislation, and new state action in Oregon and Illinois.

On this week’s Wild Line, we cover major developments in federal public lands policy, intensifying negotiations over the Colorado River, the Trump administration’s renewed push for oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and the rollback of climate journalism at the Washington Post. We also share timely opportunities for public comment and mark the passing of a giant in the conservation movement.

This week on The Wild Line, we cover major developments affecting public lands, national forests, tribal sovereignty, water protections, national parks, and conservation policy—plus what to watch in Congress in the coming days.