Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico called Mike Lee’s land-sale proposal “horsesh*t” and said “85% of the money from these ...

Once a rallying cry, now a reality. A controversial proposal to require the sale of a fraction of a percent of federally owned public lands isn’t moving forward. U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican ...

America's housing shortage is worst in Western states. That's also where the federal government owns the most land.

The BLM owns close to 70 percent of the land in Nevada, over 40 percent of the land in Utah, and roughly a quarter of the land in Idaho, Oregon, Alaska, and Wyoming.

In late June 2025, an ancient city covering several square miles was discovered beneath Wyoming's Horse Peak mountain. In ...

In the face of a backlash, Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee has revamped his public land sell-off measure to target only Bureau ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced, June 23, 2025, during a meeting of the Western Governors’ Association in New Mexico, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is rescinding ...

In late June 2025, a rumor surfaced online that an ancient city more than 12,000 years old was discovered beneath Horse Peak, a mountain in Wyoming. For example, a Facebook page called Casper ...

Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, had recently included language in the Republicans’ budget-reconciliation bill mandating the sale of up to 3.3 ...

A proposed 450-megawatt wind and solar project in Goshen and Platte counties would create 300 jobs and mean about $150 ...

Senator Mike Lee proposes selling public lands, sparking debate over development and conservation in western states.