Public Lands
The Bureau of Land Management will offer more than 100 parcels totaling 156,000 acres in northwestern Colorado for oil and gas leasing on June 16. The sale represents the state's largest such offering in modern history and includes critical wildlife habitat.
Reported by AI
Billionaire landowners like Stan Kroenke profit from heavily discounted federal grazing permits on public lands, while taxpayers foot billions in subsidies. The Trump administration aims to expand these benefits amid concerns over environmental damage and unequal distribution. An analysis reveals that a small group of large operators control most grazing access.