In a climate-controlled warehouse here, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, much like a squirrel storing acorns for hard times, is putting away seeds of native plants and grasses for forest restoration and wildlife habitat improvement.
The seed mixes, concocted for what will best fit steep...
The Forest Service today said it is hopeful that language could be added to an Alaska senator's bill to convey lands in the Tongass National Forest that would preserve old-growth trees and support the agency's transition to harvesting second growth.
Responding to a challenge from environmental groups, U.S. EPA yesterday defended its decision to not set a more stringent air standard for pollutants that contribute to acid rain.
EPA last April opted not to tighten its secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for nitrogen oxides...
A bill giving Idaho more decision-making power over endangered species is headed to the full Senate for a vote.
The Senate Resources and Environment Committee on Monday voted in favor of legislation that would give the state final say on whether an endangered plant or animal is...
The Obama administration will uphold a George W. Bush-era rule for managing polar bears that steers clear of using the Endangered Species Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
The Fish and Wildlife Service will issue in tomorrow's Federal Register a final special rule for managing the...
Members of the conservative Western Caucus are blasting an Interior Department program that recognizes river-conservation efforts as stepping on state's rights.
The 63-member caucus yesterday sent a letter to Interior demanding the withdrawal of Secretarial Order 3321, which created the...
After losing a close effort at the end of last year, U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester, both Montana Democrats, have again offered a bill to fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
The program draws money from offshore oil and gas royalties for projects benefiting fish,...
As lesser prairie chickens tucked heads under wings and settled down for the night on the surrounding plains, residents from several southeastern New Mexico counties gathered at a college auditorium last night to weigh in on the species' fate.
Want to volunteer a ranch to harbor an endangered species? The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to hear from you.
The agency is working on a plan in which ranch owners in the West would willingly allow the reintroduction of the black-footed ferret, a near-extinct member of the weasel...
A federal judge has sided with environmentalists and ruled the U.S. Forest Service erred by not exercising its regulatory authority when the state allowed huge trucks to haul giant oil refinery equipment along U.S. Highway 12.
U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill issued a decision Thursday...
