A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.

Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, has accused the state of “environmental extremism” amid a federal push for oil production.

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The tightly fought contest to control 9 million acres of state land revolved around which candidate could beat back President Trump and his public land chief, New Mexico’s Steve Pierce.

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A Republican candidate for the state land commissioner post has Democrats worried that protected state and federal land could be opened to industry.

The Trump administration is evicting bison herds from federal grasslands in Montana, siding with ranchers and Republican leaders over environmentalists and tribal leaders.