A BLM (U.S. Bureau of Land Management) decision to allow livestock grazing to grow up to three times in the Owyhee Country of southwest Idaho has been blocked for now by a Dept. of Interior judge...
Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho. Photo George Wuerthner Though most conservation groups focus on federal lands, a neglected area of concern are state properties. Throughout the West, most of these l...
https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2021/08/23/western-watersheds-wins-state-lease/
Wildflowers along the North Fork of the Salmon River near Salmon, Idaho. Photo George Wuerthner High Country News tries to portray itself as a source of environmental news, but reporting on wildf...
https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2021/06/02/high-country-news-needs-better-fire-reporting/
Thinned lodgepole pine forest on Oregon’s Deschutes National Forest. As often is the case, thinning puts more “fine” fuels on the ground which can promote fire spread. Photo George Wuerthne...
https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2021/05/19/daines-and-feinstein-fire-legislation-misdirected/
Guest opinion by Adam Bronstein, Western Watersheds Project‘s Idaho Director In a painful example of why states can’t be trusted to manage gray wolves, the Idaho Legislature seems to be fast-...
https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2021/04/23/idaho-anti-wolf-legislation-stampeding-toward-a-vote/
The Centennial Range straddles the Montana-Idaho border forming a natural migration corridor for wildlife. Photo George Wuerthner Due to a recent court decision, the Centennial Range, which lies ...
https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2021/04/20/centennial-range-safe-from-domestic-sheep-for-now/
To many foresters and others who advocate for “active forest management,” a fire that results in high tree mortality is considered evidence of an “unhealthy” forest. Photo George Wuert...
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Ram. Photo George Wuerthner Bighorn sheep acquired their name for the large circular horns of the mature rams. They are strongly associated with mountain terrain, par...
https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2021/03/29/domestic-sheep-threaten-wild-bighorns/
The Gallatin Range south of Bozeman is one of the many wildlands that would receive wilderness designation in NREPA. Photo George Wuerthner On March 10th, Representative Maloney of New York reint...
https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2021/03/10/northern-rockies-ecosystem-protection-act-introduced/
A week ago, eight prominent scientists sent a letter to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) declaring that the agency’s proposed Tri-State Fuel Break (TSFB) is flawed and will endanger sagebrus...
https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2020/12/29/scientists-critique-blm-tri-state-fuel-breaks-proposal/