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December 15, 2020 at 2:47 PM

Look West: Trump administration on spotted owls: no help in the face of extinction

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December 14, 2020 at 2:41 PM

Look West: Ranchers on BLM move: Grand Junction 'darn hard to get to'

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December 11, 2020 at 2:55 PM

Look West: The wild places in line for protection

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December 10, 2020 at 3:04 PM

Look West: Locking up land, ripping off taxpayers

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December 9, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Look West: Tom Udall's Senate farewell

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December 8, 2020 at 2:58 PM

Look West: Trump rushes to drill the Arctic

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December 7, 2020 at 3:08 PM

Look West: Trying to avoid the worst-case water scenario

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December 4, 2020 at 2:58 PM

Look West: Biden's top contenders for energy and environment posts

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December 3, 2020 at 2:59 PM

Look West: Udall & Grassley propose 50% increase for royalties on public lands

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December 2, 2020 at 3:08 PM

Look West: Utah county calls on Biden to restore Bears Ears

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December 1, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Look West: BLM resurrects plan to prevent devastating western wildfires

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December 1, 2020 at 2:30 PM

Look West Monthly: November, In Brief

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November 30, 2020 at 2:58 PM

Look West: Army Corps blocks destructive Pebble Mine near Alaska's Bristol Bay

Look West: Army Corps blocks destructive Pebble Mine near Alaska's Bristol Bay Army Corps blocks destructive Pebble Mine near Alaska's Bristol Bay Monday, November 30, 2020 Sockeye salmon migration near Bristol Bay.…

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November 24, 2020 at 2:51 PM

Look West: Wyoming governor advances wildlife corridor conservation

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November 23, 2020 at 3:05 PM

Look West: Great American Outdoors Act funding targets released

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November 19, 2020 at 2:54 PM

Look West: Forest Service guts environmental reviews to speed logging, extraction

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November 17, 2020 at 2:58 PM

Look West: Court rules oil and gas leasing must consider climate impacts

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November 16, 2020 at 3:00 PM

Look West: Trump administration advances Arctic Refuge oil and gas leasing

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November 13, 2020 at 3:04 PM

Look West: The climate insiders with Biden's ear

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November 10, 2020 at 2:59 PM

Look West: 10 public lands protections on the chopping block

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November 9, 2020 at 2:47 PM

Look West: What a Biden presidency means for public lands

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November 6, 2020 at 2:39 PM

Look West: Bernhardt, Trump threaten Great American Outdoor Act implementation

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November 5, 2020 at 2:38 PM

Look West: Western voters approve key energy, conservation ballot measures

Look West: Western voters approve key energy, conservation ballot measures Western voters approve key energy, conservation ballot measures Thursday, November 5, 2020 Wind energy on public lands in California | Burea…

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November 4, 2020 at 2:38 PM

Look West: Public lands impact Western election results

Look West: Public lands impact Western election results Public lands impact Western election results Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Fishing in Alaska's Delta Wild and Scenic River | Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management …

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November 3, 2020 at 2:37 PM

Look West: Westerners take public lands to the polls

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November 2, 2020 at 2:46 PM

Look West: Inside the Trump administration's rollback of 125 environmental safeguards

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October 30, 2020 at 2:30 PM

Look West Monthly: October, In Brief

Look West Monthly: October, In Brief October, in brief This month has seen fallout from a federal ruling that ousted William Perry Pendley from the head of the BLM | Bureau of Land Management Key new…

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October 30, 2020 at 1:57 PM

Look West: 97% of commenters oppose Interior's decision to delist the gray wolf

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October 29, 2020 at 2:03 PM

Look West: Trump administration opens "America's Amazon" to logging

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October 28, 2020 at 2:01 PM

Look West: Lawsuit challenges Colorado land use plan due to Pendley's involvement

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October 26, 2020 at 2:01 PM

Look West: BLM releases seismic plan for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

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October 23, 2020 at 1:54 PM

Look West: Wildfire explodes in Colorado

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October 22, 2020 at 2:08 PM

Look West: 30x30 goal to save nature gaining steam

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October 21, 2020 at 2:09 PM

Look West: Trump's Interior Department continues environmental rollbacks

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October 20, 2020 at 2:04 PM

Look West: Oil industry consolidates in attempt to survive

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October 15, 2020 at 2:05 PM

Look West: Wildfire shows climate impacts in national parks

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October 14, 2020 at 1:59 PM

Look West: Bernhardt-tied lobbying firm played both sides in oil market crash

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October 13, 2020 at 1:52 PM

Look West: Poet, missionary bought nearly half of recent oil and gas leases in the West

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October 12, 2020 at 1:29 PM

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day

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October 9, 2020 at 1:57 PM

Look West: Defying judge, Pendley claims he's still in charge

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October 8, 2020 at 1:46 PM

Look West: California leads on 30x30

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October 7, 2020 at 1:45 PM

Look West: Interior botched pandemic handouts to oil companies

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October 6, 2020 at 1:57 PM

Look West: So much for coal's comeback

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October 5, 2020 at 1:48 PM

Look West: Arctic drilling on the fast track

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October 2, 2020 at 1:36 PM

Look West: Trump administration pumps COVID aid into struggling oil industry bonds

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October 1, 2020 at 1:45 PM

Look West: Trump lands agenda threatened by Pendley ruling

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September 30, 2020 at 8:20 PM

Look West Monthly: September, In Brief

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September 30, 2020 at 1:44 PM

Look West: Tribes and archaeologists partner to protect Chaco Canyon

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September 29, 2020 at 1:52 PM

Look West: Colorado moves forward with largest oil and gas setbacks in country

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September 28, 2020 at 1:48 PM

Look West: Judge ousts Pendley as acting BLM director

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