No one knows the land like those who live on it. Western communities have managed public lands with unmatched expertise for generations, balancing multiple interests from ranching and energy ...

A president’s policies are enormously important not only to a western governor but also to the entity that manages the state’s lands and to county commissioners, especially in counties with ...

It did not, leaving a sprawling checkerboard of private and public land. The digital navigation company OnX estimates that more than 8 million public acres in 11 Western states are now essentially ...