“The Hidden Battle Threatening the Future of America’s Wild Places.” The Bolle Center’s work in clarifying the legal and policy dimensions of wildlife management on federal public lands is featured in this in-depth investigate report published by the Pacific Standard.  

High Country News (Sept. 2018) covers article written by Nie and Patrick Kelly on new developments in the transfer of federal lands movement (state and local control of federal lands).

Salt Lake Tribune (Oct., 2017) discusses Nie's co-authored work focused on fish and wildlife management authority on federal lands, as it applies to the controversy in Utah over the introduction of non-native mountain goats on national forest lands.

Director Nie discusses his work on co-management and how it pertains to President Trump’s Executive Order on National Monuments and Native Nations, PBS (December 2017)

Director Nie discusses what the Trump Administration and new Congress mean for federal public lands law and management and the most recent developments. TrumponEarth podcast (May 2017)

Director Nie talks to Montana Public Radio about forest planning and its significance to Montana (Dec. 27, 2016)

Director Nie interviewed about wilderness law and politics, New York Times (Aug. 19, 2016) 

Nie's article on the next chapter of wilderness designation, politics and management (written with former BLM Wilderness Specialist Chris Barns) covered in Outside Magazine (Feb. 2016)

Director Nie weighs in on the discussion about control of federal lands:

• "The Oregon Standoff is The Latest In A Long Line Of Revolts Over Western Land" in BuzzFeed Jan. 16, 2016
• "The Larger, but Quieter Than Bundy, Push to Take Over Federal Land" in the New York Times Jan. 10, 2016
• "New Rebels Seek Control of Federal Lands" in the Great Falls Tribune (April 23, 2015) and reprinted in USA Today and other outlets

Director Nie's contribution to the U.S. Forest Service Forest's Federal Advisory Committee results in a final Land Management Planning Framework - USFS press release and Greenwire story (pdf) (Jan. 30, 2015)

Director Nie’s work focused on future of wilderness covered in Greenwire (Sept. 3, 2014) 

Director Nie’s testimony and case against transferring federal lands to Western states covered in the Billings Gazette (September 5, 2014)

Nie selected as U.S. Forest Service national advisory committee member to help guide management of public forest and grasslands, USDA News Release (Aug. 12, 2014) 

Director Nie and group of scientists, including two former Chiefs of the U.S. Forest Service, write a letter to President Obama asking for a National Old-Growth Conservation Policy (June 25, 2014) (pdf)

Interview with Montana Public Radio, about the latest Sagebrush Rebellion, "Sagebrush Rebels Rise Again" (Dec. 2013). 

Interview with Capitol Ideas (The Council of State Governments) on the latest Sagebrush Rebellion, "The New Battle Lands: States Seeking Control of Public Lands in the West," Jan. 2014.

Coverage of Montana's "public lands study" and the latest Sagebrush Rebellion, the Missoula Independent, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, and Bitterroot Star.