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There's been a lot of criticism of the Bureau of Land Management’s plan to move hundreds of positions from Washington D.C. to Western states. But the...
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A highway project in southern Colorado recently turned up seven previously unknown Native American archaeological sites. The road is going ahead anyway over objections from some tribal members.
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Researchers writing in the journal Science found that when kids get measles, it can cause “amnesia” in the immune system. In much of the Mountain West,...
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Almost two centuries ago, the U.S. government and white hunters began slaughtering bison on the Great Plains. They pushed the animals close to...
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A new report shows youth suicide rates have spiked alarmingly in recent years, especially in the Mountain West.
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A new study suggests huge fire blankets can help protect homes during wildfires.
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Chronic wasting disease is continuing to pop up in deer and elk populations around the Mountain West. But researchers have found one way to help prevent...
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As the Bureau of Land Management pilots a new livestock grazing initiative on public lands in six Western states, a conservation group is suing to get...
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We know the climate crisis affects public health. But what do those health impacts cost us?
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Wildland firefighters use fire retardant — the red stuff that air tankers drop — to suppress existing blazes. But Stanford researchers have developed a...