Federal officials on Friday approved a plan that sets aside 445 square miles of public land for the development of large-scale solar power plants, cementing a new government approach to renewable energy development in the West after years of delays and false starts.
Public meetings on the draft water agreement for two tributaries in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument that support cottonwood forests are scheduled Thursday in Winifred and Stanford.
The draft compact provides protections for the habitats outlined in the monument...
The federal agency reviewing the Gateway West Transmission Line project has announced its preferences for the route.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has selected its preferred alternative routes for the 1,100-mile high-voltage transmission line. The agency chose from options in a draft...
The Fish and Wildlife Service plans to designate two cacti, two mussels and a bat as deserving of federal protections under the Endangered Species Act.
Two rare Arizona plants, the acuña cactus and the Fickeisen plains cactus, are proposed to be listed as endangered. The move comes more...
Tomorrow night's inaugural presidential debate may seem a logical place for the candidates to discuss the role of federal lands in providing energy, recreation and job opportunities at a time of stubbornly high unemployment.
The debate at the University of Denver takes place in a swing...
Environmental groups filed an appeal this week against the Forest Service after the agency gave its consent to an Arch Coal Inc. mine expansion in a Colorado roadless area.
Last month, officials at the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison national forests agreed to the construction of...
On paper the idea behind Proposition 120 is simple. It would add a section to the Arizona Constitution declaring the "sovereign and exclusive authority over the air, water, public lands, minerals, wildlife and other natural resources within its border."
A Montana senator's bill to boost hunting and angling opportunities on public lands easily cleared a procedural vote this weekend in the Senate, ensuring it will be the chamber's first order of business when it returns in mid-November.
Sen. Jon Tester's (D-Mont.) S. 3525 would conserve...
The Bureau of Land Management Casper Office on Monday released environmental assessments for three areas in Converse County drawing the interest of oil and gas operators.
The assessments -- triggered by multiple notices of staking and applications for permits to drill -- cover three areas...
Oil and gas companies asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to force the U.S. Department of Interior to move more quickly on issuing oil and gas leases.
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver heard arguments about whether the department’s Bureau of Land Management must issue oil and...
