The U.S. Forest Service will move its headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Salt Lake City as part of an agency-wide ...

On heels of 2021 legislative mandate, Montana hunters and trappers in 2025-26 harvested lowest numbers in a decade ...

A new lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service starts with a straightforward claim: A proposed project to help whitebark pine ...

Credit: Jon Trapp As wildfires burned 1.4 million acres before the first day of spring this year, federal firefighters ...

Ahead of November, founders of Protect Wyoming political action committee are combating poor voter turnout with appeal to ...

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Calls to consolidate Forest Service, Interior firefighters stalled in 2025, but may revive as 2026 weather forecasts heat up ...

A wildlife overpass along U.S. Highway 93 in Montana. Across 76 miles, US-93 features 81 fish and wildlife crossing structures. Credit: Kylie Paul / CLLC EDITOR’S NOTE: This article has been updated ...

Prepping and burning around Trinity Guard Station during the Trinity Ridge Fire in the Boise National Forest, Idaho. August, 2012. Credit: Kari Greer Ted McClanahan had two major injuries in his ...

The Flying D Ranch is a sprawling conservation-oriented ranch, photographed here in August of 2023. Now-retired cable television titan Ted Turner owns the property, which spans nearly 114,000 acres in ...

A herd of Apennine chamois, a species of goat antelope endemic to the region, moves across the mountains of Majella National Park in Abruzzo, Italy. Like mountain goats in Greater Yellowstone, wolves ...

The U.S. Forest Service plans to phase out the nine regional offices across the country, including the Region 1 Headquarters in Missoula, Montana. Credit: Robert Chaney The U.S. Forest Service will ...