#publiclands

NEW: The Interior Department may open tens of millions of acres of public lands for AI data centers. ProPublica found Trump officials who oversee these lands stand to profit from the growth of the industry. https://www.propublica.org/article/burgum-public-land-data-centers-investments?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post #News #PublicLands #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #Government #Ethics #Utah #Nevada

Trailside fungi (?) in Redwood National and State Parks yesterday. Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm and #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #forest #trees #mushrooms #phenology Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs #california #redwood #colors #fungi #fungus #ocean #cawx

Sunrise this morning in Glacier National Park (Lake McDonald). For more information https://www.nps.gov/glac/index.htm and #glacier #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #landscapephotography #photography #montana Image credit National Park Service / Glacier National Park Conservancy #mtwx #mountain #lake #trees #mountains #travel #geology #season #fall #technology #sunrise #clouds #color #reflection

#Trump admin moves ahead to end #roadless rule on #NationalForests Environmentalists [warn] …lifting protections will have detrimental effects for old growth #forests, #wildlife & #water supplies. “Americans across the political spectrum have made it crystal clear that they don’t want political appointees removing protections from #PublicLands,” said Chris Krupp, an attorney with the group WildEarth Guardians. #law #SaveRoadless #conservation #ClimateChange

Redwood National and State Parks (near Redwood Creek). Learn more about the park at https://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/redw/learn/nature/birds.htm and https://npshistory.com/publications/redw/nrr-2021-2314.pdf and #nps #nationalparks #ocean #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #coast #pacific #redwood Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs #waves #tide #geology #sediment #sandbar #birds #shore #summer #pelican

Rocky Mountain Parnassian butterfly Cinnamon Pass Road, CO #SilentSunday #photo #Butterfly #nature #PublicLands #Colorado

The announcement comes as the #Trump admin has aggressively pursued opening #PublicLands to the #energy industry. This includes shrinking #NationalMonuments in #Utah, which would allow for #oil & #gas development, & reportedly pursuing the same in #Alaska, all while rolling back rules around bond requirements, public comments & procedural timelines around those lease sales. #law #EnvironmentalLaw #FossilFuels #conservation #forests #wildlife #ecosystems #Ohio #WayneNationalForest #ClimateChange

Lower Butler Wash Road Bears Ears National Monument, UT #SilentSunday #photo #landscape #redrock #PublicLands #Utah

Redwood National and State Parks yesterday, with the effects of tide, moon phase, and sediment movement on display in one of the coastal areas of the park. Learn more about the park at https://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm and more about the geology at https://npshistory.com/publications/redw/nrr-2021-2314.pdf and #nps #nationalparks #ocean #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #coast #pacific #redwood Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs #waves #tide #geology #sediment #morphodynamic #moon #summer

Protect Groundwater from Arsenic at Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Arsenic levels are rising in a uranium mine's monitoring well near the #GrandCanyon. The mining company is asking Arizona regulators to raise the well's #arsenic limit at Pinyon Plain #uranium mine (formerly Canyon Mine). #PublicLands Protect Grand Canyon Groundwat...

Mount Rainier National Park today (Sunrise Mountain). Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/mora/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/nature/conifer-trees.htm and #mountrainier #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #spring #washington Image credit National Park Service #wawx #trees #mountain #snow #clouds #sunrise #conifer

Cinnamon Bear Uncompahgre National Forest, CO I was sitting in my camp chair with my long lens hoping for some pretty birds to pose for photos when I caught movement up the small valley. Very excited when this bear ambled by as I'd only ever gotten brief glimpses while driving. He wasn't very concerned about me, but did look over from time to time as he was foraging along the ground. I got lots of photos, but this was the most "artistic." Only later remembered I could have taken video. D'oh! Cinnamon bear is a subspecies of the American black bear and not aggressive like grizzlies, or nearly as large. #WildlifeWednesday #photo #bear #LichenSubscribe #nature #PublicLands #Colorado

Colorado River in Marble Canyon Kaibab National Forest, AZ [tall photo] No, not the Grand Canyon, but just upstream from there. Great views at the end of a long dusty road. #photo #landscape #canyon #ColoradoRiver #PublicLands #Arizona

Under new order from Sec Burgum #Trump admin announced it will to sell off #publiclands the size of #Yellowstone #NationalPark in #Alaska. 2.1 million #acres of wild country between Gates of #Arctic National Park and the Arctic National #Wildlife #Refuge. #Caribou, #grizzlies, #wolves, Dall #sheep, #muskox, #moose, #wolverines. #Rivers full of #salmon and #Arctic grayling. Over 200 species of migratory #birds that fly from six continents to breed there every summer.