Outdoor Recreation

Hundreds of rescuers from around the world convene in Jackson to compare techniques and gear.

The Lander-based organization added nearly $19 million to the state's economy last year. Most of that money was generated in Fremont County.

The Great Outdoors Fund helps to fill funding gaps for public lands projects by leveraging private investment.

The Public Lands Rule was among the Biden Administration's signature efforts to protect and restore Bureau of Land Management land in the face of climate change and increasing land fragmentation.

Steamboat Springs can close the Yampa River — a hotspot for tubing, swimming and fishing — when it's too low and hot.

For years, it’s been an open secret that the seemingly pristine body of Lonesome Lake in the Wind River Range isn’t so pristine. Now, new federal data suggest it’s actually 384 times higher in fecal matter than what’s considered safe.

Amid a Republican-led push to sell millions of acres of public lands to alleviate the housing affordability crisis, some governors in the Mountain West are pushing back.

The park is on track to have its busiest year ever.

The Albany County Outdoor School focuses on science and outdoor recreation, using Curt Gowdy State Park and the Snowy Range as classrooms.

Frustration among outfitters and guides over federal permitting is not new. Recreation-focused staff and budgets at national forests, in particular, have gone down as demand has gone up. This has been resulting in lengthy delays in responses to applications.