Look West: Rural Montana communities reject DOGE cuts to public lands Rural Montanans whose lives and livelihoods depend on public lands are speaking against budget and staffing cuts to federal land management agencies Rural Montana c…

Look West: The oil baron pushing Trump to go all in on fossil fuels Harold Hamm is using his political influence to reconfigure federal energy policies to benefit oil and gas companies The oil baron pushing Trump to go all in on fossi…

Look West: Trump administration targets tribal sovereignty over energy projects Friday, December 12, 2025 Water towers in Kabito, Navajo Nation. Photo by Harald Felgner, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 The Trump admi…

Look West: Top Interior official has ties to controversial lithium mine Karen Budd-Falen's ranch signed a water contract in 2018 Top Interior official has ties to controversial lithium mine Thursday, December 11, 2025 …

Look West: How four hunters unlocked the checkerboard How four hunters unlocked the ‘checkerboard’ Wednesday, December 10, 2025 The Western 'checkerboard' along the Priest River in Idaho as seen from the Internation…

Look West: Judge rejects Trump's ban on wind power Judge strikes down Trump's wind energy ban Tuesday, December 9th, 2025 The Lime Wind Energy Project in Oregon, Bureau of Land Management A federal ju…

Look West: Trump's face on parks pass is probably illegal Putting Trump on the national parks pass is probably illegal Monday, December 8, 2025 Department of the Interior The Interior department’s dec…

Look West: Interior official's financial disclosure reveals potential conflicts of interest Also: A new report shows how the integrity of national parks depends on the Land and Water Conservation Fund Interior official's financial dis…

Look West: Interior, Utah officials hold closed-door meeting on national parks Topics discussed included a variety of complaints from the state and counties about management strategies designed to protect resources from overuse Interi…

Look West: Abuse of the critical minerals list is a problem for public lands The Trump administration is using the list to advance its agenda of prioritizing resource extraction over all other uses of public lands Abuse of the critica…

Look West: How wealthy ranchers profit from public lands with declining oversight An investigation explores how taxpayer-subsidized ranching benefits a wealthy few, at the expense of landscape health How wealthy ranchers profit from p…