#publiclands — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #publiclands, aggregated by home.social.
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Virtual teach-in on the Bear Lodge Rare Earth Project, a proposed 100+ acre open-pit mine next to Mato Tipila (Bear Lodge) for rare Earth mineral mining located approximately 12 miles north of Sundance, WY, including 1,060 acres of National Forest Service lands and 640 acres of private lands
#Mining #PublicLands #USFS
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Twenty-Five Dollars and a Signature
The mark is called a freeze brand. Liquid nitrogen chills an iron until the cold kills the color in the hair, and the government writes a registration code in white along the left side of the neck of every wild horse it removes from the range. The brand exists so that a mustang can be identified as a protected animal of the United States for the rest of its life, at any distance, in any light. In August of 2026, the place where you can read those white characters most clearly is the dirt lot of a livestock auction yard, on horses standing quietly beside the trucks that run south. […]https://bolesblogs.com/2026/08/24/twenty-five-dollars-and-a-signature/
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American Basin
Cinnamon Pass Road, CO#SilentSunday #photo #landscape #wildflowers #PublicLands #Colorado
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White Canyon
Bears Ears National Monument*, UTContinuing my #SaturdayScenery series of 360º panoramas, if you click the following link you can see the location in all its glory: https://kuula.co/post/5m6y5
Part of White Canyon in Bears Ears National Moument, UT. You can see the bears ears on the horizon, dark on this rainy day. This is downstream from, and outside the boundary of, Natural Bridges National Park.
*at least it was part of Bears Ears NM. May still be, but haven't studied the new, sad boundaries, yet.
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Rose Paintbrush
American Basin, Cinnamon Pass Rd., CO -
The full piece → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/there-is-a-blue-wave-coming-our-salvation-fuck-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica
This publication has no advertiser and no owner, which is why it can say lease the dirt under the monument out loud.
Weekly, small, no Stripe → https://liberapay.com/wendythedruid/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica
#Route66 #NationalParks #PublicLands #Travel #Nature #Photography #uspol #Politics #Journalism #Conservation #History #Solidarity
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Here's the mean little trick, and it's the whole grift: you can gut the Park Service and the canyon stays a canyon, so the damage doesn't show on the postcard for twenty years. But the ground keeps its own books.
Before you drive: check the park's own alerts page. Pack out what you pack in. Give the ranger who's covering three positions one easy afternoon.
#Route66 #NationalParks #PublicLands #Travel #Nature #Photography #uspol #Politics #Journalism #Conservation #History #Solidarity
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Theresa Pierno at the National Parks Conservation Association has been saying the safety math out loud for a year.
Route 66 turns a hundred this year. Chicago to Santa Monica, commissioned 1926. And the same people who'll sell you a flag pin for the semiquincentennial will lease the dirt under the monument to whoever wires first. #Route66 #NationalParks #PublicLands #Travel #Nature #Photography #uspol #Politics #Journalism #Conservation #History #Solidarity
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332 million. That's recreation visits to the national parks in a single recent year. Against a Park Service that shed roughly a quarter of its permanent staff through buyouts, deferred resignations and a hiring freeze — and the hole carried straight into this summer.
In plain terms: one ranger doing three jobs. #Route66 #NationalParks #PublicLands #Travel #Nature #Photography #uspol #Politics #Journalism #Conservation #History #Solidarity
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#Trump admin moves ahead to end #roadless rule on #NationalForests
Environmentalists [warn] …lifting protections will have detrimental effects for old growth #forests, #wildlife & #water supplies.
“Americans across the political spectrum have made it crystal clear that they don’t want political appointees removing protections from #PublicLands,” said Chris Krupp, an attorney with the group WildEarth Guardians.
#law #SaveRoadless #conservation #ClimateChange
https://apnews.com/article/roadless-rule-forests-trump-e80a41e0231aa070313a3484261368f3?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension -
Via #LLRX #Nationalpark signs on #women & #LGBTQ+ #history R disappearing. #Librarians are preserving the record. Jessica Kurtz spotlights the women behind Save Our Signs project who sprang in2 action after Interior Secretary Doug Burgum directed #publiclands officials to flag any materials that “are negative about either past or living Americans or that fail 2 emphasize beauty, grandeur, & abundance of landscapes, other natural features.” #nationalparks #NPS #censorship https://www.llrx.com/2026/08/national-park-signs-on-women-and-lgbtq-history-are-disappearing-librarians-are-preserving-the-record/
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Sunset, Isle Royale National Park (North Shore). For more information https://www.nps.gov/isro/index.htm and #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #landscapephotography #photography Image credit National Park Service #IsleRoyale #miwx #lake #summer #michigan #water #greatlakes #canada #color #sun #sunset #trees
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#Trump #Culture War Hits US #NationalParks #NPS Hard #Yosemite, #Yellowstone, #GrandCanyon: These places of unsurpassed beauty are known around the world. The US President, though, has slashed staff, boosted visitors and turned them into a "Disneyland." #maga #tourism #environment #ecology #publiclands #outdoors
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#Border “Security” Construction Paused at #BigBend #NationalPark in #Texas.
Construction of a new #BorderPatrol road & barriers through some of the park’s major attractions has drawn bipartisan criticism & national attention.
Local law enforcement have said the border infrastructure is costly & unnecessary in a desolate & undeveloped area where few migrants have ever crossed, even during times of peak migration.
#law #immigration #PublicLands #Trump #GovernmentWaste
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/17/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.6FA.PVP0.cTvOhU-3HC4z&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
Taos Mountains
Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, NM -
Rio Grande and Ute Mountain
Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, NMSomething different this time for #SaturdayScenery This is a "still" from a full 360º aerial panorama that can be viewed here: https://kuula.co/post/5Jvxm
You have to view the pano to actually see Ute Mountain and look along the gorge. If I get positive feedback I will do this again on Saturdays. If not... oh, well.
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Redwood National and State Parks (current conditions in the forest). Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/redw/learn/nature/upload/bird-checklist-2015-508.pdf and https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown_Creeper/overview and https://cpw.state.co.us/species/brown-creeper and #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #forest #trees #plants Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs #color #cawx #redwoods #ocean #summer #bird #birds #interpretation #bark
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At least some of the aircraft were DIVERTED from efforts to contain #wildfires elsewhere in the state‼️‼️, according to 2 agency officials & the Post analysis of the flight paths.
Communications reviewed by The Washington Post sent during the response to the blaze corroborate that Boren personally directed #USFS staff to address the Cabin Creek Fire.
#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #RichWhiteMalePrivilege #NationalForest #PublicLands #ClimateChange
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In total, about 9 aircraft, including helicopters, air tankers & tactical planes, responded to the fire ‼️ on July 12, acc/to an analysis of flight paths, part of an effort that lasted a few hours & cost nearly $115,000 in federal money [ #TaxpayersMoney ] ‼️. The analysis found that these assets traveled from across the West to Idaho’s Alturas Lake, near where the Cabin Creek Fire was burning.
#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #RichWhiteMalePrivilege #NationalForest #PublicLands #wildfires
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In those calls, according to the #USFS official with knowledge of the situation, Boren pushed for more aircraft to fight the fire even though “it was easily accessible by ground,” the official said.
He “was on the phone calling people that day asking why there weren’t more resources on the fire & when there was going to be more,” the official said.#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #RichWhiteMalePrivilege #NationalForest #PublicLands #wildfires #ClimateChange
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Two other agency officials said he called those offices, including at least once in the middle of the night. [must be nice to have government resources at your personal disposal for your private property]
Six current & former #USFS officials said the response was far greater than what is typical for a fire of that scale that did not pose a significant threat to life or property.
#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #NationalForest #PublicLands #wildfires #ClimateChange
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Boren, a #tech #billionaire & #Trump appointee, oversees about 200 million acres of #NationalForest & #PublicLands. He also owns thousands of acres in #Idaho, including the 480-acre Hell Roaring Ranch situated within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. And before his current role, Boren had clashed with the #USFS numerous times over the years.
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Of course he did.
Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment [ #USDA #NRE ] Michael Boren, who oversees the US Forest Service [ #USFS ], asked agency staff last month to escalate the amount of aircraft at a small 7-acre #wildfire that had started near his mega-ranch in #Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest, acc/to 2 Forest Service ofcls familiar with the matter.
#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #NationalForest #PublicLands #ClimateChange
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/08/14/top-trump-official-asked-more-resources-fight-small-fire-near-his-idaho-ranch/ -
Sunrise Lodge, Mount Rainier National Park (from the archives). Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/mora/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/historyculture/historic-sunrise-area.htm and https://catalog.archives.gov/medialz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_WA/91000175.pdf and #mountrainier #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #washington Image credit National Park Service / Mount Rainier National Park Archives #wawx #trees #mountain #clouds #people #history #sunrise #building #archive #nrhp #automobile #trail #fire #wildfire
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Two views from Mount Rainier National Park (View from Sunrise on July 15 and this morning). Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/mora/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/news/fire.htm and https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/wamrp-grand-park-2-fire and #mountrainier #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #summer #washington Image credit National Park Service #wawx #trees #mountain #clouds #smoke #weather #wildfire #fire #history #sunrise
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Sunshine and smoke, Lyons Ranch area, Redwood National and State Parks. Learn more about the park at https://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm and https://fire.airnow.gov/#10/41.1344/-123.5736 and #nps #nationalparks #ocean #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #coast #pacific #redwood #interpretation #cawx #california Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs #summer #lookout #watershed #prairie #grassland #oak #woodland #fire #smoke #airquality
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Long Canyon - Burr Trail
Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument, UT#SaturdayScenery #photo #landscape #redrock #PublicLands #Utah
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Red and evergreen huckleberry, Redwood National and State Parks. Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm and https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/shrub/vacova/all.html and https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/plantguide/pdf/cs_vapa.pdf and #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #forest #trees #flowers #berries #phenology #plants Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs #color #cawx #redwoods #ocean #summer #huckleberry
