BLM advisory group returns, updated with Trump goals

Changes met with skepticism from some members

Conservationists say U.S. energy panel stacked with industry supporters

BILLINGS, Mont. – Conservationists claimed in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that a Trump administration committee reviewing royalties paid by companies on fossil fuels extracted from public lands ...

Trump administration officials dismissed benefits of national monuments

In a quest to shrink national monuments last year, senior Interior Department officials dismissed evidence that these public lands boosted tourism and spurred archaeological discoveries, acc...

Zinke tells tribal leaders in Arizona he’ll fight opioids

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told tribal leaders in the Phoenix area on Monday that federal law enforcement will work with them to fight distribution of opioid drug...

Oil was central in decision to shrink Bears Ears monument, emails show

WASHINGTON – Even before President Donald Trump officially opened his high-profile review last spring of federal lands protected as National Monuments, the Department of Interior was focused...