Interactive journalism from the field
Maps, investigations, and tools built from first-hand reporting across America's public lands.
Investigations
Threatened Public Lands Map
80+ federal public lands under active threat, tracked and documented. The only comprehensive map of its kind.
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The U.S. Forest Service, Dismantled
An interactive investigation into the systematic gutting of the agency that manages 193 million acres of public land.
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The Forest Service Responded. Here Are the Facts.
The administration contested three claims. Their own scientists, their own union, and independent newsrooms had already contradicted all of them.
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Oregon's Last Great Forests
BLM has announced a plan to fell some of the last remaining old-growth forests in Oregon. A scroll-driven investigation.
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Upper Pecos Watershed
164,810 acres. One page. A scroll-driven look at one of the most important watersheds in the American Southwest.
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National Parks Ranked
All 63 national parks, ranked. Interactive map syncs with scroll as you read through every park.
Explore Public Lands
580+ national parks, forests, monuments, and preserves on one searchable, filterable map.
Find Your Park
Answer a few questions and we'll match you with the national parks you'd actually love. Based on our first-hand experience at all 63.
Congressional Scorecard
How does your representative vote on public lands? We track every vote that matters.
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