On a chilly, late-October morning, this team, led by Mark Hereford of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, walked up a tributary of the Klamath River near the Oregon-California border. They ...

But we’re still at a point in our history on this planet, where, with a lot of imagination, we can picture a future where our ...

I was also just barely inside the boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument. At least for now. But the national monument ...

Every year, the Western monarch butterfly population undertakes an epic migration that spans 11 states in the region. About half that acreage is public land, but a new analysis has found that the ...

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In addition to the on-the-ground impacts of helium production, which echo those of natural gas extraction, opponents also ...

On Oct. 25, 2024, Joe Biden, the first U.S. president to formally apologize for the policy of sending Native American children to Indian boarding schools, called it one of the most “ horrific chapters ...

The study found that when horse numbers reach the BLM’s recommended threshold, sage grouse nest success drops by 4%. Triple the horse numbers, and twice as many sage grouse nests are likely to fail.

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