Natural Resources Law – Environmental and Energy Law Program

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw — Forest Service Proposes to Remove Protections from Roadless Areas

What would removal of these protections mean for wildlife, recreational opportunities, and clean drinking water?

September 22, 2026

Quick Takes

Trump Administration Proposes to Rescind Roadless Rule

The proposal is in response to deregulatory executive orders focused on expanding domestic timber and fossil energy production.

September 14, 2026

Regulatory Tracker

Endangered Species Act Regulations

The Trump administration finalized the rule rescinding the definition of “harm” in the Endangered Species Act.

September 14, 2026

Regulatory Tracker

National Monuments

The Biden administration designated and expanded national monuments. The Trump DOI has slated these for rollback.

September 2, 2026

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw — DOJ’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, Past and Present

Erika, Andy, and Sommer talk about their time at ENRD and how recent changes are reshaping the work of “the government’s lawyers.”

August 20, 2026

Regulatory Tracker

Roadless Rule

In Aug. 2026, USDA proposed to rescind the Roadless Rule.

August 20, 2026

Regulatory Tracker

The Izembek Refuge Road

The Department of Interior and King Cove Corp. signed a land swap agreement in Oct. 2025. In Aug. 2026, a district court judge vacated the exchange.

August 18, 2026

Regulatory Tracker

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — Oil and Gas Development

In October 2025, BLM reinstituted a Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program which opened the 1.56 million acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas leasing.

July 8, 2026

Quick Takes

Tenth Circuit Sends Monuments Case Back to District Court

Litigation stems from President Biden’s restoration and expansion of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments using the Antiquities Act.

July 8, 2026