Feds go back and forth on leasing culturally important lands.
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Canadian wildlife officials relocated the sole surviving member of the South Selkirk herd to British Columbia.
Caught dogs and imperiled martens spur reforms for fur-bearer trapping.
Fall counts show a 99 percent decline in the butterfly population since the ‘80s.
Fire-proof structures can prevent homes from adding to fuel loads in wildfires.
In an unprecedented move, the state may require upstream users to cut water use to improve water quality in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
If the calf survives, it’ll be the first addition in three years.
Data confirms climate model predictions of less snow that melts earlier in the season.
Despite ecological harm, energy development moves forward in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
In the Columbia River, up to 920 sea lions can be removed each year to protect fish.
The U.S. recovery program for Mexican gray wolves continues to struggle.
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The endangered fish seem to be recovering in the San Juan River.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration pushes to allow roads and more cutting.
The agency will focus on increasing adoption of horses and research other methods.
Marcy Rockman cites pressure from agency.
Midas Gold hopes to reopen and revitalize an abandoned gold mining site in Idaho.
Opponents cite potential harm to desert wildlife, views and sand dunes.
Authors find inspiration in the land, no matter its state.
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A twenty-year moratorium on uranium extraction in northern Arizona will stand.
For the third year in a row, the tribal citizens won’t have commercial fishing.
San Juan County says ‘Make it Monumental’ while asking for exemption from the Antiquities Act.
Increases in timber sales, prescribed burns and thinning projects are needed to save life and property.
A recent ruling could settle the unresolved groundwater rights of nearly 240 tribes.
Lawsuits loom over the first hunting tags given in 44 years.
Despite environmental harms, the agency continues to rely on aerial drops to battle blazes.
Agency says it’s already working on cleanup of old mining mess.
The rapidly multiplying population in Olympic National Park threatens visitors.
The tribe is the first federally nonrecognized tribe to get lands back in California.
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