thunder basin national grassland

Three conservation groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service to reverse the 2020 amendment to the Thunder Basin Management Plan. The amendment was announced in December. Western Watersheds Project, Rocky Mountain Wild, and WildEarth Guardians say it will have devastating effects on prairie dogs.

For years, a wide variety of stakeholders have been working to come up with how to better manage prairie dogs in the Thunder Basin National Grassland. On…

At a legislative meeting in Laramie last week, ranchers called to abandon efforts to introduce the endangered black-footed ferret in Thunder Basin…

State veterinarians confirmed that plague is killing prairie dog colonies in the Thunder Basin National Grassland of northeastern Wyoming. Reports of…

A 5000-well oil and gas project proposed for the Powder River Basin is drawing sharp criticism from a wildlife advocacy group. Erik Molvar with WildEarth…

Conservation groups are criticizing a proposal to reduce the amount of land protected for prairie dogs in the Thunder Basin National Grassland.The U.S.…