Regional News
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Jamie JiangColonialism drove beavers off their land, harming both the environment and people living on it. Blackfeet Nation beaver experts want to bring them back. -
John Locher/APThe sluggish Colorado River negotiations have entered a new phase: Long and fiery letter writing. -
U.S. Forest ServiceOutdoor recreation remains a major economic player, but inflation, tariffs and affordability concerns may have contributed to a slowing growth rate in 2024. -
Tom Koerner/USFWSConservation groups filed a lawsuit on March 2 challenging the Trump administration’s rollback of federal protections for the greater sage-grouse across nine states: California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
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But critics say the Trump administration’s request does little to hold big tech companies accountable -
Utah's congressional delegation is using the Congressional Review Act to throw out the resource management plan for the nearly 2 million-acre landscape. Congress has not used the CRA to undo resource management plans before. -
They're urging the industry to adapt to a more diverse workforce -
The Utah congressional delegation introduced a resolution to undo the Biden-era management plan for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, employing a rarely used law that's never before been used to target a national monument. -
Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno, have received a $9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study an unlikely candidate for future fuels: cactus pear. -
A celebration turns into a demonstration at the Death Valley National Park after Timbisha Shoshone historical plaques were removed from the park's visitors center. -
The Bureau of Land Management oversees more than 12 million acres within Arizona alone. And much like the rest of the West, it's filled with public lands making up federally protected national monuments that hold unique value for tribes. -
A new report from climate central shows that extremely warm winter days are on the rise. -
The BIA, which is responsible for overseeing trust responsibilities with 575 federally recognized tribes, focused on reducing its own workforce through mass layoffs and hiring freezes within the Interior Department – much like agencies elsewhere. -
The team, led by a Boise State University civil engineering researcher, looked at half a million wildfire starts, and hundreds of attributes about them. Beyond the obvious weather variables like wind speed, temperature and humidity, they also considered human factors like density of development.
