A Wyoming senator has reintroduced a bill that would double the length of grazing permits on millions of acres of public lands and instruct the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service to issue routine permits more quickly.
Sen. John Barrasso's (R) "Grazing Improvement Act" would also...
A bipartisan group of Western lawmakers has reintroduced a bill that would establish a new leasing program for wind and solar energy on federal lands and use a portion of revenues to support states, counties and wildlife habitats.
The bills by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Jon Tester...
Close to 100 people jammed into the Garfield County commissioners' meeting room on Tuesday to learn about drilling in the Thompson Divide area, and to object to it.
More than two dozen of those in the room spoke of concerns that largely were centered around possible ill health effects...
Judges with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Tuesday in Seattle in a lawsuit that charges the government with inadequately protecting the Upper Missouri Breaks National Monument in Montana, which was created a dozen years ago for its “spectacular” features.
The Bureau of Land Management announced this morning it will remove from its February oil and gas lease sale 20,000 acres in the North Fork Valley in response to protests and criticism from residents.
The BLM received nearly 200 protests from ranchers, wineries, real estate professionals...
President Obama has selected Sally Jewell, the chief executive of Recreational Equipment Inc., to lead the Interior Department, White House officials said Wednesday.
If confirmed, Ms. Jewell, a former oil company official and longtime advocate for conservation and outdoor recreation,...
The Bureau of Land Management signed Friday a final decision to offer 3,157 acres of federal coal reserves in Moffat and Rio Blanco counties in a competitive coal lease sale.
Blue Mountain Energy, Inc., operator of Deserado Mine located seven miles northeast of Rangely, submitted a Lease...
For a glimpse into the complications of President Obama’s “all of the above” energy policy, follow a curling mountain road through the aspens and into central Colorado’s North Fork Valley, where billboards promote “gently grown” fruits and farmers sell fresh milk and raw honey from pay-what-you-...
The Bureau of Land Management will take control of eight small parcels of privately owned land in Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in an effort to keep them from being drawn into commercial development.
The 21 acres of land are owned by conservation group Grand Canyon...
The federal Bureau of Land Management has pulled three parcels east of Dinosaur National Monument from an oil and gas lease sale after concerns were raised by the National Park Service and conservation groups.
The agency deferred the three parcels, totaling more than 5,000 acres, for...
