USDA and Wyoming sign Shared Stewardship Agreement to improve forests and grasslands
The Shared Stewardship Agreement establishes a framework for federal and state agencies to promote active forest management, improve collaboration, and respond to ecological challenges and natural resource concerns in Wyoming.
Read More...Wyoming governor: $250M in initial state cuts, more coming
Wyoming has finalized initial state spending cuts of 10%, or $250 million, as part of efforts to address an over $1 billion budget shortfall due to the coronavirus and downturns…
Read More...Utah looks to expand mountain goat range, but at what cost to alpine landscapes?
In Utah, mountain goats are among the most interesting wild ungulates, but Utah Division of Wildlife Resources officials’ effort to expand the nonnative species’ range is drawing criticism because the…
Read More...BLM looks to establish new wild horse and burro corrals in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah
The BLM has taken an additional step forward in implementing a strategy focused on removing excess wild horses and burros from federal rangelands. BLM announced yesterday that it has completed…
Read More...Grizzly bear advisory council nears completion of state plan
A citizen-led council’s work writing the state’s long-term vision for grizzly bear management nears the end. Members of the governor’s Grizzly Bear Advisory Council tweaked recommendations addressing bear distribution, outdoor…
Read More...Governor Gordon launches first local area working group for Platte Valley Mule Deer Corridor
The working group will review the effectiveness of corridor designation on the migratory herd and evaluate the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s draft risk assessment report. It will also make…
Read More...Great American Outdoors Act signed into law
President Trump on Tuesday signed the Great American Outdoors Act, which would provide $900 million annually in oil and gas revenues for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which helps…
Read More...Wildlife agencies float definition of ‘habitat’ in ESA
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service are proposing to define “habitat” in the Endangered Species Act for the first time, in response to a 2018 Supreme Court…
Read More...In western Colorado, wary ranchers eye wolves’ arrival and fear urban voters will introduce more
Ballot measure to widen wolves’ comeback could threaten partnership between conservation community and agriculture. Colorado’s statewide wolf-reintroduction ballot initiative is rankling rural communities, rekindling old conflicts over the purpose of…
Read More...Wild horses home on the range
As of March 1, approximately 95,000 federally protected wild horses and burros were estimated to roam on BLM-managed public lands in the West — more than three and a half…
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