Jennifer Yachnin
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Arizona prepares to break open its Water Bank
The state has squirreled away Colorado River water. Decades of drought could soon force it to tap the reserves. → Read More
Could the Colorado River Compact adapt to go with the flow?
Rewriting the 100-year-old agreement could be perilous. Reinterpreting might be more effective. → Read More
As Colorado River shrinks, pain of drought to spread
Some observers of the drought gripping the western U.S. predict future cuts to water use could trickle down to residential users sooner than expected. → Read More
Century old Colorado River Compact imperfect, but immovable
"If we look at the compact today and ask ourselves, 'Was it equitable given 2022 values?' No, it wasn't," said Anne Castle, a former Interior Department → Read More
POLITICS: Interior scrubs old pro-Trump tweets
The Interior Department has put away some Trump-era tweets that officials now say strayed too far into political territory. → Read More
PUBLIC LANDS: BLM plans revamp of grazing regulations
The Bureau of Land Management is preparing to overhaul grazing regulations, including how it addresses scofflaw ranchers on public lands. → Read More
INTERIOR: Embattled BLM chief goes on the offensive
LARAMIE, Wyo. — William Perry Pendley is well-acquainted with his perception among environmentalists, conservationists and even federal government bureaucrats: onetime Reagan administration official, skilled legal foe and self-proclaimed sagebrush rebel. → Read More
POLITICS: Trump Jr. spins from sportsman to hatchet man
DENVER — Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son, is fond of telling Western audiences about his brief tenure as a bartender in Aspen. He typically uses the anecdote to tout his love of hunting and fishing. → Read More
POLITICS: Trump Jr.: Modern Teddy Roosevelt or conservation letdown?
The president's eldest son was once offered up as a direct line to the White House for hook-and-bullet conservationists, but some say that connection has gone dead. → Read More
PUBLIC LANDS: BLM removes conservation language from press releases
Some of the Trump administration's sharpest critics are crying foul after the Bureau of Land Management excised boilerplate language from its news releases that describes the bureau's mission as helping conserve public lands for future generations. → Read More
INTERIOR: Toothless law lets White House keep jobs vacant
More than halfway through President Trump's first term, the Interior Department remains rife with key personnel openings despite a federal law that suggests the agency should be hobbled by the lack of leadership. The reason: The vacancies law is little more than a paper tiger, observers say. → Read More
PUBLIC LANDS: In Texas borderlands, wall fight hinges on nuance
SANTA ANA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Texas — Just a few miles from the nation's southern border with Mexico, pristine hiking trails snake through quiet wilderness with no telltale marks of migrants, no litter and no other visitors. Yet U.S. Customs and Border Protection says this area of South Texas needs new barriers to address an influx of migrants, including plans for pedestrian fencing that… → Read More
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: GSA planned to keep Trump Hotel site open a year, if needed
The General Services Administration inked a deal late last year to spend nearly $600,000 to continue operations at the Old Post Office Tower inside the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. — enough to keep the site open for up to a year in the event of a continuous government shutdown — according to newly released documents. → Read More
PUBLIC LANDS: 'Highly unusual' push aims to transfer income, not ownership
Arizona receives millions in federal payments each year to offset the more than 28 million acres of non-taxable public lands within its borders -- but for critics, that isn't nearly enough. A state lawmaker is pushing an unusual plan to "reset" that system. → Read More
CONGRESS: 'Nobody could do it like John Dingell could'
Lawmakers today memorialized the life of former House dean John Dingell, touting the Michigan Democrat's record-setting career in public service as well as a long list of legislative victories, including the nation's bedrock environmental laws. → Read More
NOMINATIONS: Meet the long-shot contender to lead Interior
The Mountain States Legal Foundation claims two former Interior secretaries among its alumni, and conservative activists are pushing to add a third individual to that group: former foundation President William Perry Pendley. → Read More
NATIONAL PARKS: Old Post Office Tower at Trump hotel to open during shutdown
President Trump's last-minute demands for billions in border wall funding triggered the partial federal government shutdown that closed national parks and facilities late last month — but his namesake hotel in the nation's capital will see its own National Park Service site reopen this week. → Read More
INTERIOR: What will Zinke do with the rest of his life?
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will enter uncertain career territory when he leaves his $196,700-a-year job in President Trump's Cabinet. → Read More
INTERIOR: 'No kind of victory' on Capitol Hill as Zinke heads for exit
The president is promising to announce his replacement for outgoing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in the coming days, setting up a fight for the beginning of the new Congress. → Read More
PUBLIC LANDS: After 2 years in jail, Ryan Bundy speaks out
MESQUITE, Nev. -- Recently home from federal prison, Nevada rancher Ryan Bundy told E&E News he wants a peaceful existence for his family -- but he's not done challenging the authority of the federal government. → Read More