ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 5 (TNSgov) -- The American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association issued the following news release: The 2023 Nevada Tribal Tourism Conference occurred on March 20-22 at the historic Stewart Indian School in Carson City, Nevada, as the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA) and Bureau of Land Management hosted the event with partners Nevada's Indian Territory, and the Nevada Indian Commission to facilitate conversations between Native communi  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 5 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: A federal judge today ruled in favor of oil giant ConocoPhillips by denying a motion for preliminary injunction brought by environmental groups as part of a lawsuit challenging the Willow project in Alaska's Western Arctic. The ruling allows construction activities planned for the remaining three weeks of the construction season, including constructing roads and a gravel mine as a first  more

PASADENA, California, April 6 (TNSgov) -- The Planetary Society issued the following news release: The Planetary Society is spearheading an effort to save the VERITAS mission to Venus, which is facing an indefinite delay due to constrained budgets at NASA. On Wednesday, The Society published a joint letter urging Congress to commit to authorizing NASA to launch VERITAS no later than November 2029. The American Geophysical Union, as well as the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Tulane University,  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 5 (TNSgov) -- Trout Unlimited issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior this week announced a proposal by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to help identify and prioritize public lands and waters in need of protection and restoration, encourage investment in public lands conservation, and put conservation on equal footing with other uses of public lands. BLM manages more public land--245 million acres--than any other land management agency,   more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 4 (TNStalk) -- The Wilderness Society issued the following statement on April 3, 2023: * * * U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason today denied a request preliminary injunction that would have blocked ConocoPhillips from mining gravel or building gravel roads while the court considers the merits of a lawsuit filed by The Wilderness Society and partner organizations who are challenging the Biden administration's approval of the Willow oil project. Gleason ruled in 2  more