At stake is control of public lands in Western states, and conservationists fear increased efforts to roll back protections under the next Trump administration.

A Utah conservation group has sued the governor and attorney general over the state’s U.S. Supreme Court public lands lawsuit. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, in a lawsuit filed in 3rd ...

legal director for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. “They’ve moved the ball down the field.” The federal government owns nearly half the land in 11 Western states, using it for ...