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Public Land Access
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Turtle Talk
Public Lands and Resources Law Review [Montana Law] Call for Papers
The Public Land & Resources Law Review (PLRLR) is seeking submissions for the spring 2027 journal. PLRLR’s mission is to support the “research, publication, and engagement on important issues in…
Turtle Talk
More Roadless Rule Resources: Monte Mills & Martin Nie on the Tribal Implications of Rescission
I’m adding two valuable memos by Monte Mills and Martin Nie to the Roadless Rule resources posted yesterday. Mills is the Charles I. Stone Professor of Law and Director of…
Sports Law Expert
Sierra Club Demands Permanent Halt to Trump’s Big Bend Construction
By Holt Hackney
Following widespread bipartisan outrage, Donald Trump’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott announced Monday that the agency is temporarily pausing all construction activity in Big Bend National Park…
In: Environmental Law
BLM Proposes Overhaul of Grazing Program Regulations
The Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) has released a proposal to update regulations implementing livestock grazing on public lands under both the Taylor Grazing Act (“TGA”) and the Federal Land…
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law Blog
Gavilondo – Spring 2026
By Mjeal-online
Locked Out of Public Land: The Legal Puzzle of Corner Crossing Julia Gavilondo Litigation over corner crossing, moving between adjoining parcels of public land at a shared corner without actually…
Turtle Talk
SCOTUS Emergency Petition Materials in Oak Flat Land Transfer Stay Request
Here are the materials in Lopez v. United States: Application.pdfDownload NCAI Amicus Brief.pdfDownload Opposition.pdfDownload Reply.pdfDownload
E2 Law Blog
Interior Department Seeks Public Input on Repealing Public Lands and Natural Resources Rules
On May 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced its intent to solicit public input on federal regulations that may be subject to repeal or revision as…
S&W Environmental, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas Law
Congress Holds Oversight Hearing Regarding the Antiquities Act and the Bureau of Land Managements Proposed Rule on Conservation and Landscape Health
On Wednesday, May 24, 2023, the Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing titled “Examining the Biden Administration’s Efforts to Limit Access to…
Law & The Environment
NEPA Is Indeed Posing a Really Big Obstacle to Coal Mining On Public Lands
By Seth Jaffe
On Friday, I posted about a decision invalidating BLM Resource Manage Plans for failure to comply with NEPA. My caption was “NEPA Is Still Going to Pose an Obstacle to…
S&W Environmental, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas Law
New Bureau of Land Management Guidance on Geologic Carbon Sequestration on Federal Public Lands Answers Some Questions, But Uncertainty Remains for Split-Estate Lands
By Chris Colyer
by John W. Andrews On June 8, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued formal guidance[1] describing BLM’s policy for authorizing use of federal…