As the National Park Service approaches 100 years of service it is seeking input from the public on ways it can protect special places and how it can better engage and educate park uses.
To this end the Park Service held a two-hour public discussion at Centennial Hall Tuesday afternoon....
The shooting of collared gray wolves from Yellowstone National Park is prompting Montana wildlife commissioners to consider new restrictions against killing the predators in areas near the park.
Wolf trapping in Montana kicks off Dec. 15. It's the state's first such trapping season since...
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) yesterday said his package of hunting, fishing and conservation bills is on its last breaths as senators tend to a panoply of other bills in the waning weeks of the 112th Congress.
Tester's S. 3525 is no longer opposed by Republicans since an agreement was...
Federal agencies and conservation groups today announced the establishment of the first "stronghold" to protect the lesser prairie chicken, a major step in a multistate effort to preserve the species' native grasslands and prairie habitat.
The Bureau of Land Management today said it has...
Two conflicting Interior Department policies that guide how Glen Canyon Dam is operated -- majorly affecting Grand Canyon resources -- could be brought into closer alignment under a long-term dam management plan now in negotiations.
In a meeting held yesterday on the plan, Bureau of...
Federal wildlife officials and billionaire conservationist Louis Bacon on Tuesday finalized a deal bringing the land preserved from development on the east side of Colorado's San Luis Valley to 166,000 acres — grassland, forests and tundra between Great Sand Dunes National Park and La Veta Pass...
A coalition of conservation groups has asked federal land managers to adopt a “no additional leasing” alternative for oil and gas development in the White River National Forest.
The groups also called on the U.S. Forest Service to do a better job analyzing the potential impacts from oil...
A series of six public meetings in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho will be held in December to detail a proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to buy conservation easements along the 500-mile stretch of the Bear River.
The watershed conservation plan, still in draft form, envisions...
The West's abundance of public land open to fishing, hiking and skiing is a big part of the region's significant job growth as other areas struggle to attract top employees, according to a study released yesterday by an independent research group.
