After 20-year controversy and numerous court battles, the Trump administration declared grizzlies recovered despite public ...

This winter’s snow cover is the lowest on record in the Western U.S. While that could cause a torrent of trouble come spring — more wildfires, less water for farms and fish — at the moment, there’s ...

Dangerous landslide-triggered tsunamis linked to receding glaciers — which are shrinking globally due to climate change — are ...

Among the many dramatic peaks of the West, few mountains stand out like Mount Shasta in the northernmost reaches of California. Shasta erupts from the landscape, a solo peak with no other mountains ...

This story is a partnership with Public Domain. IN MARCH 2025, NEWS TRICKLED OUT THROUGH INTERNET FORUMS that the Utah Legislature might double the price of non-resident hunting permits. This would ...

The federal government is rewriting its rules governing ranching on public lands to increase the number of cattle, sheep and ...

For more than 100 years, salmon had been absent from the Klamath Tribe’s lands — a fact that cut them off from funding ...

The largest tidal restoration project in the Sacramento Delta’s history awaits the return of the threatened Delta smelt.

Returning a rare orchid to the wild is a complex challenge, but if these scientists succeed, they’ll blaze a path for future reintroductions.

It was established so biologists could collect data from bears in captivity to better understand and manage grizzlies in the wild.

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This story was originally published by The Guardian and is republished here through a partnership with Climate Desk. The record-breaking heatwave scorching the West this week would have been ...