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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Interior Department officials are seeking to bolster their case for easing restrictions on energy development, mining and…
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The Interior Department, Idaho and Wyoming are appealing a court ruling that halted a Trump administration plan to ease land-use restrictions that protect…
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — U.S. land managers have withdrawn more than 500 square miles of public land from a swath of eastern Nevada where oil and gas drilling…
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Federal land managers have withdrawn more than 500 square miles of public land from a swath of eastern Nevada where oil and gas drilling…
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The Bureau of Land Management has pulled more than 332,000 acres from a November 12 oil and gas lease auction in western Nevada in response to a court…
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A federal agency says rebuilding a sage-grouse population found only in Colorado and Utah could take more than 50 years and…
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana's greater sage grouse population has fallen more than 40% over the past three years, mirroring recent declines across the…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's sage-grouse numbers have dropped 52% since the federal government decided not to list the birds as an endangered species in…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says it's changing sage grouse protection plans in five Western states to conserve habitat for the at-risk…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two states are seeking to intervene on the side of the federal government after four conservation groups asked a judge to immediately…