Every year, federal laws are passed that authorize the annual budget of federal agencies. The annual National Defense Authorization Act...

The U.S. Military uses remote areas for training exercises and other activities that are best executed at a distance from the general...

The Bureau of Reclamation was created in 1902 to manage water and power in the arid western U.S. In the beginning, the Bureau’s primary...

It wasn’t very long ago that Native American burial sites were frequently dug up (inadvertently or on purpose), and their burial objects...

In 1994, Congress passed a bill that protected a slice of the American West—the iconic deserts of California. The California Desert...

The Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act (FGCAA), passed by Congress in 1977, governs how the Federal Government handles funding...

Spelunkers are people who love to explore caves. They used to fear that newly discovered caves with significant resources could be looted...

No one would disagree that our coastlines are national treasures. Not only do people vie for homes with ocean views, regardless of...

The Antiquities Act was enacted in 1906 to protect our nation’s archeological resources, an irreplaceable part of our heritage, from...

While most of the federal laws waived for the border wall affect people, wildlife, and the environment, the Noise Control Act (NCA) of...