Land Use Policies – Page 9

Where the Bison Could Roam

Bison once numbered in the tens of millions in the United States. Now, a nonprofit is working to restore the shortgrass prairie, where the American icons and their ecosystem can thrive again.

By Jim Robbins and Louise Johns

Black People Bruce, Charles Bruce, Willa Bruce's Beach (Manhattan Beach, Calif) Discrimination Land Use Policies Los Angeles County (Calif) Manhattan Beach (Calif)

Bruce’s Beach: L.A. County to Buy Land Seized from Black Family

California officials seized a beachfront property from Willa and Charles Bruce in 1924. Los Angeles County returned it to their great-grandsons last year. Now they’re selling it back.

By Mike Ives

Elk Hunting and Trapping Land Use Policies Maps Mobile Applications onX Trespassing Western States (US)

It’s Public Land. But the Public Can’t Reach It.

A navigation app that illuminates public land within privately held property has supercharged the question of who gets to go where.

By Ben Ryder Howe