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Senators characterized the agency’s decision-making process as “rigid” and “slow,” and said they want states to have a bigger role.

Tax credits that helped people earning up to 400% of federal poverty guidelines are expiring. Some 20,000 Wyomingites could be left in the lurch.

The Senate appropriations bill could also lift a hiring freeze and prevent future land sell-offs.

The money is a lifeline after Congress’ funding cuts.

The bill would have required the Bureau of Land Management to sell up to 1.2 million acres within five miles of population centers in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Utah.

It’s the latest development in the ongoing battle over the future of grizzly bear protections in the lower 48.

Wildland firefighter advocates are celebrating the permanent pay raises included in a larger funding bill passed by Congress late last week.

But some say resort companies should be paying their own way.

Avalanche centers across our region were exempted from a U.S. Forest Service hiring pause for seasonal workers.

For now a third time, Congress has extended temporary pay increases for federal wildland firefighters with a continuing resolution. This time they go through just early March.