Applications opening for Tribes to participate in the Tribal Access Program for Nation Crime Information (Media Share)

Media share from the United States Department of Justice on July 13, 2026 The Department of Justice is pleased to announce the opening of the application period for federally recognized Tribes and intertribal consortia to participate in the Tribal Access Program (TAP) for National Crime Information. “Making America safe again extends to Indian country and Native American communities across the …

NSF-backed AgTech Engine aims to make ND agricultural innovation hub (Media Share)

Media share from the North Dakota News Cooperative on June 23,2026 Goals of local development for a global competitive edge  Florida got semiconductors, New York energy storage, North Carolina advanced textiles, Louisiana alternative fuels, Texas got defense and aerospace. North Dakota, beating out 179 other proposals from around the country, got advanced agriculture.  On farms across North Dakota, researchers and …

Trump administration repeals rule that allowed bison to graze on public lands (Media Share)

Media share from Mongabay on June 17, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration recently repealed the 2024 Public Lands Rule, which established that conservation should have equal priority with industry when it comes to accessing leases for U.S. public land.  That shift in priorities will apply to 245 million acres (99 million hectares) of public land managed by the Bureau of Land …

New BLM Grazing Rules Eliminate Tribal Buffalo From Public Lands (Media Share)

Media share from Inside Climate News on June 5, 2026 Tribes with bison herds are seeking negotiations with U.S. Department of Interior officials to ask for an exemption from new rules they have called “DEI for cattle.” By Blaine HardenJune 5, 2026 SEATTLE—Tribal bison were on an extraordinary roll before the second term of President Donald J. Trump. Herds were …

The federal government just banned bison from public land in Montana (Media Share)

Media Share from X (@StoriesBySammi) on June 3, 2026 The federal government just banned bison from public land in Montana. Not cattle. Bison. Interior Secretary Burgum revoked grazing permits for 950 bison on 63,000 acres of federal land in northeastern Montana. The reason? Bison raised for conservation don’t count as livestock under a 1934 law. Bison raised for meat and …

Who Gets to Graze in the West? (Media Share)

Media Share from Sierra Club on June 2, 2026 A federal decision has propelled a Montana nonprofit into the center of a dispute over conservation and public lands By Jessica Baltzersen June 2, 2026 In north-central Montana, Phillips County stretches from the Little Rocky Mountains to the Canadian border in a sweep of high plains. With roughly 4,200 residents dispersed across …