Congress has begun nullifying resource management plans that were developed and implemented to guide long-term stewardship of federal lands. Plans cooperatively developed by the federal Bureau of Land Management in Montana, North Dakota, and Alaska -- in consultation with scientists, conservation groups, indigenous peoples, industry, and other users of these tracts of federal lands -- are the first on the chopping block. These Resource Management Plans (RMPs) provide stabil

The Trump administration seeks to weaken conservation by rescinding a rule that governs public land use. The Conservation and Landscape...

At an annual Al Smith dinner in New York City, then President George W. Bush joked that the crowd included his voting base, the "have...

Wildland fire Fresh off 2023's historic court decision in Montana, twenty-two plaintiffs aged 7 to 25 have filed suit against the Trump...

Protests against federal job purges Staff of crucial scientific and medical research CUT Stewards of our public lands: parks, forests,...

Life on the Rocks cover Next month I'll be doing a series of speaking events about wilderness-obligate species of wildlife with a focus...

Feeding of elk on the National Elk Refuge I haven't posted about this topic for a while, but this reporting in WyoFile is newsworthy. ...

Newly published research in Science predicts that by 2070 almost half of Earth's land surface will experience increases in spatial...

A new Department of Interior rule could put conservation, recreation, and renewable energy on equal footing with traditional priorities...

November (I'm a bit late with this) was Native American Heritage Month. Among the many contributions native people make to the culture...

For years, a small, relatively unknown animal has fought off extinction on the high plains of southeast Wyoming. Thanks to recovery...

For those of you in the Bozeman, Montana area, this Thursday, May 18th, I'll be giving a presentation about Montana's mountain goats,...

The Bureau of Land Management, which manages more public land (245 million acres) than any other federal agency, may be on the cusp of...