Conservation laws and regulations
This Jan. 23, 2020, photo shows the National Archives on Sand Point, Wash., that has about a million boxes of generally unique, original source documents and public records. More than two dozen Native American tribes and cultural groups from the Northwest and Alaska are suing the federal government to stop the sale of the National Archives building in Seattle, a plan that would force the relocation of millions of invaluable historical records to California and Missouri. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times via AP)
Washington, Oregon, 29 tribes sue over plan to move archives

By Gene Johnson Jan. 04, 2021 05:38 PM EST

Washington to manage wolves within borders after fed action

By Nicholas K. Geranios Nov. 02, 2020 11:30 AM EST
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state of Washington will take over management of most wolves within its borders early next year, after the U.S. government announced...

In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, seafood processors at Keys Fisheries in Marathon, Fla., sort stone crab claws Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Florida Keys commercial fishermen began the 2020-2021 stone crab harvest season Thursday amid new Florida fishing rules designed to increase future stocks of the tasty crab claws and concerns about consumer demand for this year's harvest due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Bob Care/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
Annual stone crab claw harvest begins in Florida

Oct. 16, 2020 02:52 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 22, 2018, file photo, construction crews bore beneath U.S. 221 in Roanoke County, Va., to make a tunnel through which the Mountain Valley Pipeline will pass under the highway. The Trump administration is seeking to fast track environmental reviews of the pipeline and dozens of other energy, highway and other infrastructure projects across the U.S. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP, File)
Drilling, mines, other projects hastened by Trump order

By Matthew Brown Sep. 01, 2020 07:59 PM EDT

FILE- In this March 27, 2019 file photo, plastic bags are tangled in the branches of a tree in New York City's East Village neighborhood. New York's never-enforced ban on single-use plastic bags has survived a lawsuit lodged by a plastic bag manufacturer and convenience store owners, but a state judge ruled Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, that state regulators went too far by allowing stores to hand out thicker plastic bags.. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
NY's plastic bag ban survives lawsuit, but not unscathed

By Marina Villeneuve Aug. 20, 2020 05:27 PM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for H.R. 1957 – "The Great American Outdoors Act," in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump signs $3B-a-year plan to boost conservation, parks

By Darlene Superville Aug. 04, 2020 04:05 PM EDT

FILE — In this June 3, 2020, file photo, Sen. Ed Markey, center, D-Mass., speaks with protesters on Boston Common at the conclusion of a demonstration in Boston against police brutality. During the coronavirus pandemic, Markey, who is up for re-election, missed 34 of 42 Senate votes in May and the first half of June, or about 80 percent, according to information from GovTrack, an independent clearinghouse for congressional data. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Where's Markey? Senator misses dozens of votes in pandemic

By Steve Leblanc Jun. 25, 2020 08:02 AM EDT

Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., speaks to reporters following the weekly Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Senate approves $2.8B plan to boost conservation, parks

By Matthew Daly Jun. 17, 2020 12:34 PM EDT

Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., speaks to reporters following the weekly Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
In time of crises, lands bill gives Senate a chance to unite

By Matthew Daly Jun. 13, 2020 08:39 AM EDT

Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, listens during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency, Wednesday, May 20, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)
Trump seeks to scale back environmental reviews for projects

By Kevin Freking And Ellen Knickmeyer Jun. 04, 2020 04:40 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 28, 2018 file photo, a North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass. A judge ruled on Thursday, April 9, 2020, that the federal government had failed to adequately protect endangered whales from lobster fishing activities. Environmental groups had sued the U.S. government with a claim regulators' failure to prevent the North Atlantic right whale from harm was a violation of the Endangered Species Act. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
Judge: Failure to help whales skirts Endangered Species Act

By Patrick Whittle Apr. 10, 2020 11:04 AM EDT