ecosystem

According to a new study, many researchers in western national parks fail to factor in the historic impact of gray wolves. Losing the species led to big spikes in elk and deer populations, which have overgrazed entire ecosystems.

Two different populations of a prairie bird that lives in parts of the Mountain West were listed under the Endangered Species Act by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Wyoming Wildlife Foundation hopes the native species of cutthroat trout will increase in population.

The Clark’s Nutcracker is a high mountain bird located in the Western U.S. The bird is pretty unique for its ability to cache said Corey Anco, the…

Western states are likely to be affected most by the Trump administration's proposal to roll back parts of the Clean Water Act. The Environmental…

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has released a new section of its website devoted to wetlands. Information has long been sprinkled around the…

Near Medicine Bow Forest, there’s a scenic road that cuts in between a valley. The north face is shaded, covered with small flowers, trees, and dark green…

Yellowstone biologists are winning the war against invasive Lake Trout, and bringing back native Yellowstone Cutthroat. Yellowstone Lake is a cold place.…

When energy development happens on public lands, companies have to reclaim the land. That means restoring the landscape after it’s been disturbed. But…

More than 40 million acres of trees have been killed by bark beetles in the Rocky Mountain West over the last two decades. Those trees are an eyesore, and…