wilderness

Environmental groups say it's a threat to National Forest lands.

Conservationists worry that a Trump Administration review of land management rules could threaten these wild places. Here's how to weigh in through public comment portals.

Senate Democrats say the examination undermines Congress' role in identifying wilderness areas for protection.

The Roadless Rule has been in place for decades. Lawmakers are divided.

Several environmental groups have joined in a lawsuit alleging that federal agencies are wrongfully killing predators on public lands to protect livestock across the Mountain West.

The Wilderness Act prohibits motorized vehicles and equipment to protect places “untrammeled by man” and to preserve “solitude.”

Lee’s bill amends the Wilderness Act of 1964 to make exceptions for the Department of Homeland Security to conduct immigration enforcement actions.

Public lands advocates worried that allowing Utah’s case to move forward would threaten to upend management of 200 million acres of public lands across the West.

The ranger district is home to the state’s highest peaks, as well as four wilderness areas where motorized vehicles aren’t allowed. That's where the llamas come in.

The National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service are proposing new guidelines to manage climbing in wilderness areas. Much of the focus is on fixed anchor installations, and that has sparked frustration in both climbing and conservation communities.