In the age of extinction, we need a new model for these landscapes and the communities that rely on them. For decades, public ...

A sheep herder near Boulder, Utah, he said that over the past decade, mountain lions — also called cougars — have killed about 100 of his sheep, costing him tens of thousands of dollars. But Rice is ...

Falen, the agency’s associate deputy secretary, had previously recused herself from working on grazing matters.

Adam Bronstein is the Oregon director for Western Watersheds Project, a nonprofit conservation group dedicated to protecting and restoring wildlife and watersheds throughout the Western U.S. In the ...

This story was originally published by The Guardianand is republished here through a partnership with Climate Desk. The record-breaking heatwave scorching the West this week would ...

Communities are grappling with the BLM's notice that signals a significant increase in timber harvesting across 2.5 million ...

Wyoming’s Golden Triangle is an ecological wonder, but the management plan protecting it from oil and gas development faces ...

What was shaping up to be a sleepy election year in Montana is now anything but. It was a head-spinning week in Montana ...

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The West becomes more honest, and more durable, when Black cowboys are understood not as symbols or exceptions, but as ...

For years, advocates and leaders in Indian Country have pushed for the creation of a federal commission that would document the testimonies of Indigenous people who survived the boarding schools ...

The Colorado River water crisis isn't hitting everyone equally—century-old water laws mean that some communities face existential threats while others remain secure: these tensions are the heart of ...