A judge has issued a temporary injunction to halt construction of border security measures inside Big Bend NP pending an emergency hearing next week. Construction had already been "paused" by Trump officials after a huge outcry. https://buff.ly/ES0v0tq

 

Minnesota's Democratic governor signed an executive order prohibiting non-ore mining in and adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area. The decision throws a major roadblock into plans for a new mine that Trump and Republicans have been pushing for. https://buff.ly/s5dAmO0

 

In the latest twist in a continuing saga, a federal judge has blocked the building of a controversial road through Izembek NWR. https://buff.ly/xRfqbIr

 

Trump took the next step to repealing the Roadless Rule, which for over 20 years has protected undeveloped areas of national forests. https://buff.ly/kGuBDtG

 

Bowing to a bipartisan outcry, Trump's head of border protection announced that work in Big Bend NP is being suspended pending a personal visit to the park to review the project. https://buff.ly/jybtXUB

 

Texas state lawmakers from both parties are urging the GOP governor to intervene with Trump and call off the border security construction in Big Bend NP. https://buff.ly/pnCGgS4

 

Most MPAs created to date are not covering critical habitat for sharks and rays, a new study says. https://buff.ly/e9cQrdQ

 

s expected, Trump is asking the Supreme Court to allow his WH ballroom project, which bypassed all the usual regulations, to go ahead anyway. https://buff.ly/JsXDNq9

 

Mining claims are already being filed on lands Trump cut from Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante NMons. The process could take years. https://buff.ly/PfgxsOh

 

Now that Trump has sent bulldozers into Big Bend NP to build his border wall, an across-the-spectrum backlash is building. https://buff.ly/rK65SPQ