At first, the lands were used mainly for their resources, to build railroads and for settlement. Starting in the 1860s and then particularly in the following several decades, the U.S. government began ...

James Watt led a similar effort to privatize natural resources for mining, energy development, logging, and sprawl.

The ultimate legality of corner-crossing may be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. A Wyoming rancher has petitioned the court ...

The fund opens a new era of public land acquisition and park development for Texas, which ranks 35th nationally in state park ...

A major expansion of the Ben Taub Hospital in the Texas Medical Center is set to include the seizure of nearly nine acres of land in Hermann Park, once envisioned as a healing garden for patients and ...

Millions of people were evacuated, as minds cast back to the devastating tsunami of Boxing Day 2004 in the Indian Ocean and ...

After decades of persistence by a group of volunteers passionate about trails and how they can benefit the Wayne and Pike ...

A powerful earthquake that struck off the coast of Russia has generated tsunami warnings and advisories for a broad section ...

The development of better early warning systems is an important element of why this tsunami wasn't as bad. Due to the high occurrence of earthquakes in the Pacific region, many countries have tsunami ...

The antagonistic interests of the imperialist powers and the regional powers of Israel, Turkey and the Gulf states that have backed Sharaa in their bid to control Syria has the potential to ignite ...

The Trump administration is threatening to end Roadless Rules that would open national forests to developers and extraction ...