The Bureau of Land Management announced last week updated plans for access to public lands for “responsible” energy and ...

The efforts to protect the greater sage grouse habitat in the West can, at times, resemble the birds’ famous mating dance, taking two steps forward and one step back. In recent months, a two-steps ...

Western states have flocked together in support of new resource management plans they say favor their rural life.

BLM’s new permitting timeline on its online e-planning website commits the bureau to complete by February a supplement to the ...

Conservationists are celebrating a victory as the federal government hits pause on a major NV Energy transmission line ...

Despite ongoing conservation efforts, the Western bird continues to face sharp population declines at the hands of climate change-induced impacts to its habitat which include wildfires and drought ...

Greater sage grouse advocates warn a new federal plan threatens critical habitat in South Dakota and other states.

Male greater sage grouse perform their mating ritual on a lake near Walden, Colo., in 2013. (David Zalubowski/AP) (CN) — A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel determined Friday that the U.S. Bureau ...

PINEDALE - Habitat for sage grouse across the West is generally in peril, except for a few bright spots like Wyoming, a new study says. But energy development is beginning to impact sage grouse ...

The Interior Department finalized changes Friday to protections for the sage grouse bird, which could open lands in seven Western states to oil and gas drilling. The Interior Department finalized ...

The federal government is proposing to protect the greater sage grouse by withdrawing about 10 million acres from mineral development. (Photo: Sage Grouse Initiative) (CN) — A federal judge in Idaho ...