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Wind energy boom and golden eagles collide in the West

CODY, Wyo. – The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of the U.S. West’s most spectacular predators – the golden eagle – as the species tee...

DATE: Aug 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Drought-breaking rains more rare, erratic in West, study says

Study based on decades of rainfall data

DATE: Apr 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Grizzlies expand range, but still need protections

Bears would not thrive in the San Juans, report says

DATE: Apr 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

U.S. officials: Report on oil and gas sale ban due by summer

BILLINGS, Mont. – The Biden administration said Tuesday that it will deliver an interim report on its suspension of oil and gas sales from federal lands and waters by summer, but officials d...

DATE: Mar 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wildfires produce up to half of air pollution in West, study says

Smoke particles tied to variety of health problems

DATE: Jan 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Groups ask court to restore protections for U.S. gray wolves

BILLINGS, Mont. – Wildlife advocates on Thursday asked a federal court to overturn a U.S. government decision that stripped Endangered Species Act protections for wolves across most of the n...

DATE: Jan 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge removes Trump public lands boss for serving unlawfully

William Perry Pendley oversaw BLM for 424 days without Senate confirmation

DATE: Sep 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tribe members: Noted bison kill site desecrated by coal mine

SARPY CREEK, Montana – When a coal company contractor working under federal oversight used a backhoe to dig up one of the largest known Native American bison killing grounds and make way for...

DATE: Nov 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. public land workers face assaults, threats, study finds

Government report documents incidents over 5 years

DATE: Nov 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Sage grouse numbers stumble in Montana, across U.S. West

BILLINGS, Mont. – Montana’s greater sage grouse population has fallen more than 40% over the past three years, mirroring recent declines across the U.S. West for the bird species that federa...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: 6 million acres of state lands in West inaccessible

BILLINGS, Mont. – More than 6 million acres of state property scattered across 11 states in the U.S. West are landlocked by private property and largely inaccessible to hunters, anglers and ...

DATE: Aug 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Interior Secretary aims to protect public land access

BILLINGS, Mont. – Acting U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt ordered federal land managers on Thursday to give greater priority to access for hunting, fishing and other kinds of recreati...

DATE: Mar 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News