habitat

We zoom in on a water restoration project in southwest Wyoming, the headwaters of the Colorado River system that serves about 40 million people downstream. The goal is to restore the surrounding habitat and ultimately hold water on the landscape longer, a problem that's plaguing all of the West. And one way to address that? Humans acting like beavers.

The federal government is looking to “rent” landowner’s grasslands to conserve wildlife habitat, which comes at a time when populations of several key wildlife species in Wyoming are dwindling.

There are plans to spray herbicide aerially in the future, which has drawn both support and criticism. Herbicides, prescribed fire, and other methods are used each year to manage invasive species and sagebrush.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated the Canada lynx as threatened with extinction in the Continental United States. It has also reduced its…

After what the state characterized as a knock-down, drag-out fight with Chesapeake Oil, it’s planning to allow drilling in a sage grouse conservation…

Last year, we reported on a new project to restore sage grouse habitat that’s been disturbed by energy development in the Powder River Basin. The Bureau…

Jackson District Boy Scouts will host their annual Elk Antler Auction during Elkfest in the Jackson Town Square this weekend.Each year, the Boy Scouts…