https://publiclandswatch.org Dated developments across every tracked threat to American public lands. https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/arctic-refuge/ arctic-refuge-2028-07-04-9239409 Statutory deadline for the second of the four mandated Coastal Plain lease sales. 2028-07-04 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/red-desert-rock-springs/ red-desert-rock-springs-2026-10-02-12757486 BLM's target date for a signed Record of Decision on the amended plan, per WyoFile. 2026-10-02 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/bears-ears/ bears-ears-2026-09-11-7934513 Excluded lands scheduled to reopen to new mining claims and mineral leasing, per the proclamation's 60-day provision. As of August 17, 2026 the lands had not yet reopened and no newly staked claims were confirmed. 2026-09-11 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/big-bend/ big-bend-2026-08-06-9713551 Federal contractors begin physical border construction inside Big Bend National Park; Center for Biological Diversity files constitutional challenge. 2026-08-06 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/ai-data-centers-public-lands/ ai-data-centers-public-lands-2026-07-31-1567523 CRS reports data centers at roughly 2% of total U.S. water consumption and records that no systematic federal assessment of data-center water use exists. 2026-07-31 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/chaco-culture/ chaco-culture-2026-07-29-12074733 Extended public comment period on the proposed revocation closes. 2026-07-29 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/bears-ears/ bears-ears-2026-07-13-7608111 Trump signs proclamation cutting the monument to 121,096 acres and purporting to terminate the Bears Ears Commission. 2026-07-13 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/grand-staircase-escalante/ grand-staircase-escalante-2026-07-13-16411138 Trump signs proclamation cutting the monument to 181,541 acres, the same day as the Bears Ears reduction. 2026-07-13 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/arctic-refuge/ arctic-refuge-2026-07-09-1755390 A federal agreement reported to limit obstacles to refuge leasing is reached; its text and parties are not confirmed from a primary document. 2026-07-09 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/bears-ears/ bears-ears-2026-07-08-1989274 Energy Fuels board chair Bruce Hansen purchases 4,000 shares. 2026-07-08 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/bears-ears/ bears-ears-2026-07-07-2784845 Energy Fuels CEO Ross Bhappu purchases 74,000 shares of company stock. 2026-07-07 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/pacific-marine-monuments/ pacific-marine-monuments-2026-06-25-15379331 NMFS regulations still prohibit commercial fishing in the Pacific Islands Heritage monument, per CRS — implementing rulemaking remains outstanding. 2026-06-25 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/boundary-waters/ boundary-waters-2026-06-24-11135311 Advocacy focus shifts to Minnesota state mineral leases; the Governor's and DNR's lease-cancellation authority is reported to run only through the end of 2026. 2026-06-24 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/bears-ears/ bears-ears-2026-06-23-11081860 Tenth Circuit holds the district court erred in finding the Antiquities Act claims unreviewable and remands, returning the related litigation to district court. 2026-06-23 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/grand-staircase-escalante/ grand-staircase-escalante-2026-06-23-12942801 Tenth Circuit affirms in part, vacates in part, and remands, holding that sovereign immunity does not bar all review of the President's Antiquities Act designations; the challenge returns to the district court unresolved (No. 23-4106). 2026-06-23 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/grand-staircase-escalante/ grand-staircase-escalante-2026-06-11-947894 The Senate's 60-day fast-track window on the CRA resolution expires without a vote. 2026-06-11 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/pacific-marine-monuments/ pacific-marine-monuments-2026-06-11-10351878 Trump signs Proclamation 11035 opening portions of Papahānaumokuākea, Mariana Trench, and Rose Atoll monuments to commercial fishing, modifying Proclamation 10918 and directing rulemaking to amend or repeal inconsistent regulations. 2026-06-11 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/big-bend/ big-bend-2026-06-08-8967611 DHS waives roughly 28 federal laws, including NPS Organic Act, ESA, Clean Water Act, and Clean Air Act, to allow construction inside the park itself. 2026-06-08 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/arctic-refuge/ arctic-refuge-2026-06-05-1705153 First sale under the new mandate held; 5 of 58 tracts (72,049 of 688,829 acres) draw bids totalling approximately $3.7 million from only AIDEA and Hex LLC. 2026-06-05 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/boundary-waters/ boundary-waters-2026-06-03-2060000 House Appropriations Committee advances FY27 language to reinstate the Twin Metals leases. 2026-06-03 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/big-bend/ big-bend-2026-06-02-5325118 CBP awards Big Bend Project 5 (BBT-5) to Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. for roughly 166 miles of vehicle-barrier system across the Big Bend and Del Rio Sectors. 2026-06-02 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/chaco-culture/ chaco-culture-2026-05-20-14218115 National Trust names the Greater Chaco Cultural Landscape one of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2026. 2026-05-20 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/arctic-refuge/ arctic-refuge-2026-05-15-4367573 AIDEA reportedly approves a roughly $190 million budget for Arctic refuge exploration and leasing. 2026-05-15 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/big-bend/ big-bend-2026-05-15-13666551 The BBT-4 award is reported publicly after a federal spending listing describes it as 'border wall in Big Bend, Texas'; CBP responds on May 20 that the project uses vehicle barriers and technology rather than a 30-foot steel wall. 2026-05-15 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/big-bend/ big-bend-2026-05-14-13642000 Additional waivers published. 2026-05-14 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/big-bend/ big-bend-2026-05-11-7936653 CBP awards Big Bend Project 4 (BBT-4) — the $1.7 billion contract for vehicle barriers, roads, and technology in and around Big Bend — to Southwest Valley Constructors Co., per CBP's Smart Wall documentation. 2026-05-11 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/tongass-roadless-rule/ tongass-roadless-rule-2026-05-06-5853205 Southeast Alaska Conservation Council holds a further independent town hall after stating USFS declined to hold its own. 2026-05-06 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/boundary-waters/ boundary-waters-2026-04-27-14897802 President Trump signs H.J.Res. 140 into law — per Earthjustice, the first use of the Congressional Review Act to eliminate a public-lands mineral withdrawal. 2026-04-27 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/boundary-waters/ boundary-waters-2026-04-16-1147833 Senate passes H.J.Res. 140 (50-49), a Congressional Review Act resolution overturning Public Land Order 7917 and its 20-year mineral withdrawal. 2026-04-16 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/northeast-canyons-seamounts/ northeast-canyons-seamounts-2026-04-06-6310039 NOAA publishes a final rule rescinding the Magnuson-Stevens Act commercial-fishing restrictions within the monument. 2026-04-06 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/pacific-marine-monuments/ pacific-marine-monuments-2026-04-06-16080792 NOAA publishes a final rule rescinding Magnuson-Stevens Act commercial-fishing restrictions in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts monument. 2026-04-06 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/nps-budget-staffing-cuts/ nps-budget-staffing-cuts-2026-04-03-5196436 Administration's FY2027 budget proposal seeks a further $736 million (25%+) operations cut and a 95% Historic Preservation Fund cut. 2026-04-03 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/tongass-roadless-rule/ tongass-roadless-rule-2026-04-01-11068742 Southeast Alaska Conservation Council holds its first independent 'Stand Tall for the Tongass' public hearing. 2026-04-01 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/chaco-culture/ chaco-culture-2026-03-31-2597401 BLM opens a public comment period on revoking the withdrawal, initially seven days; the Federal Register notice is dated April 1, 2026, setting an initial April 7 deadline. 2026-03-31 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/tongass-roadless-rule/ tongass-roadless-rule-2026-02-18-481261 Forest Service publishes a Federal Register notice (doc. 2026-03197) initiating a Tongass Land Management Plan revision and opening scoping — a process separate from the roadless rescission. 2026-02-18 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/big-bend/ big-bend-2026-02-17-2421139 DHS Secretary Noem signs an IIRIRA section 102(c) determination for the Big Bend Sector, waiving 28+ environmental and cultural-resource laws for 'smart wall' construction. 2026-02-17 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/northeast-canyons-seamounts/ northeast-canyons-seamounts-2026-02-06-1835148 President Trump signs Proclamation 11009, 'Unleashing American Commercial Fishing in the Atlantic,' opening the monument to commercial fishing. 2026-02-06 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/pacific-marine-monuments/ pacific-marine-monuments-2026-02-06-5481306 Trump signs Proclamation 11009, 'Unleashing American Commercial Fishing in the Atlantic,' opening the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts monument to fishing. 2026-02-06 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/grand-staircase-escalante/ grand-staircase-escalante-2026-01-15-10880569 GAO rules the 2025 RMP counts as a rule under the Congressional Review Act, opening a fast-track repeal window. 2026-01-15 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/federal-coal-leasing/ federal-coal-leasing-2025-12-23-753129 DOE section 202(c) orders cover NIPSCO and CenterPoint units in Indiana. 2025-12-23 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/red-desert-rock-springs/ red-desert-rock-springs-2025-12-18-7149145 Extended scoping comment period closes. 2025-12-18 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/federal-coal-leasing/ federal-coal-leasing-2025-12-16-14175102 DOE section 202(c) order covers TransAlta Centralia in Washington. 2025-12-16 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/ai-data-centers-public-lands/ ai-data-centers-public-lands-2025-11-07-7324676 USGS Final 2025 List of Critical Minerals published in the Federal Register (doc. 2025-19813): 60 minerals, adding copper, uranium, silicon, silver, metallurgical coal and five others. 2025-11-07 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/chaco-culture/ chaco-culture-2025-11-06-11452229 Tribal leaders write to Interior Secretary Burgum urging the Department to 'stand down' on the proposed revocation. 2025-11-06 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/red-desert-rock-springs/ red-desert-rock-springs-2025-11-06-13250733 Comment period extended 45 days. 2025-11-06 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/chaco-culture/ chaco-culture-2025-10-30-767676 Interior Department begins tribal consultation on reversing PLO 7923. 2025-10-30 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/arctic-refuge/ arctic-refuge-2025-10-23-11438956 Interior reinstates the Coastal Plain leasing program across the full 1.56 million acres by Record of Decision. 2025-10-23 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/red-desert-rock-springs/ red-desert-rock-springs-2025-10-02-3410580 Notice of Intent published in the Federal Register (doc. 2025-19198), opening a 30-day scoping and ACEC-nomination comment period closing November 3, 2025, and specifying an environmental assessment rather than an EIS. 2025-10-02 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/ai-data-centers-public-lands/ ai-data-centers-public-lands-2025-09-29-3998828 Interior opens 13.1 million acres to coal leasing and cuts the federal coal royalty rate to 7%, citing Executive Order 14261. 2025-09-29 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/federal-coal-leasing/ federal-coal-leasing-2025-09-29-3998828 Interior opens 13.1 million acres to coal leasing and cuts the federal coal royalty rate to 7%, citing Executive Order 14261. 2025-09-29 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/tongass-roadless-rule/ tongass-roadless-rule-2025-08-29-1056046 Notice of Intent published in the Federal Register (doc. 2025-16581): ~44.7 million acres nationwide, ~9.3 million of them Tongass inventoried roadless acres, citing EOs 14153, 14225 and 14154. 2025-08-29 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/ai-data-centers-public-lands/ ai-data-centers-public-lands-2025-07-24-91325 DOE names Idaho National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Reservation, Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, and Savannah River Site for AI data centers with co-located generation. 2025-07-24 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/ai-data-centers-public-lands/ ai-data-centers-public-lands-2025-07-23-11487217 Executive Order 14318 signed, defining a Data Center Project as requiring more than 100 MW of new AI-dedicated load and revoking Executive Order 14141. 2025-07-23 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/ai-data-centers-public-lands/ ai-data-centers-public-lands-2025-07-07-11100002 DOE Resource Adequacy Report attributes ~50 GW of ~100 GW in new peak supply need by 2030 to data centers. 2025-07-07 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/federal-coal-leasing/ federal-coal-leasing-2025-07-07-11324791 DOE Resource Adequacy Report estimates ~100 GW of new peak supply needed by 2030, ~50 GW of it attributable to data centers. 2025-07-07 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/arctic-refuge/ arctic-refuge-2025-07-04-836341 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21) section 50104 mandates four additional Coastal Plain lease sales, due within 1, 3, 5 and 7 years of enactment. 2025-07-04 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/tongass-roadless-rule/ tongass-roadless-rule-2025-06-23-7829019 USDA Secretary Rollins announces intent to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule nationwide, including the Tongass. 2025-06-23 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/federal-coal-leasing/ federal-coal-leasing-2025-05-23-1789277 DOE issues Order 202-25-3 under Federal Power Act section 202(c) covering the J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan — the first in a series of 40+ such orders. 2025-05-23 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/pacific-marine-monuments/ pacific-marine-monuments-2025-05-22-6553776 Earthjustice files Kāpaʻa v. Trump challenging Proclamation 10918. 2025-05-22 https://publiclandswatch.org/sites/pacific-marine-monuments/ pacific-marine-monuments-2025-04-17-14671303 Trump signs Proclamation 10918 opening Pacific Islands Heritage monument to commercial fishing. 2025-04-17