Firefighters undertake a prescribed burn at the Upper Applegate Watershed near Medford, Oregon on Thursday, April 27, 2023.

The U.S. owns more than 650 million acres of public lands, and it has the power to sell or lease limited parcels for affordable housing. But mass disposal of public lands, as some legislators have ...

No decision has been made regarding their future JOHN DAY, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The USDA Forest Service and the Bureau of Land ...

The on-again-off-again nature of Trump’s job cuts are only adding to the confusion. Some 3,400 probationary employees were ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A former Bureau of Land Management worker at Oregon’s historic Yaquina Head Lighthouse who lost her job as part of the Trump administration’s layoff of federal ...

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Host Zach Urness talks about what the federal jobs cuts could mean for Oregon's public lands. He also talks about mini cabins ...

It's worth stepping off the beaten path. These are the most underrated tourist spots in Montana, according to Reddit.

Some supporters of Kathleen Sgamma predicted she would support some green energy projects, while shifting the Bureau of Land Management’s emphasis to fossil fuels. As a longtime advocate for oil ...

Kathleen Sgamma has led the Western Energy Alliance in litigation to push for more fossil fuel production on public lands. President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management ...

“It was a shock to all of us.” Porzio has been a guide on Oregon’s most famous river since she was 16 years old and loved her job with the Bureau of Land Management keeping rafters and hikers safe.