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Hundreds of miles away from rural Northern Nevada, water gushes through dams in the lower Snake River. These dams, barriers in the Columbia River Basin, have long been controversial for

The Kohler Co. wants to build another high-end golf course along Lake Michigan on land north of Kohler-Andrae State Park.

Conservation groups scored points in federal court, and now Miami-Dade’s mayor is changing course on the zoo project.

“If all goes to plan... (it) has the potential to jeopardize one of Boise’s primary sources of drinking water,” said Nick Kunath, a Boise conservationist.

Conservation groups say the River Wye has been affected by extreme summer droughts and winter floods.

Fern Lake near Middlesboro will ultimately become part of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.

Leonardo DiCaprio on environmental groups suing Utah over management of the Great Salt Lake.

At the center of the dispute: The future of Florida’s endangered bonneted bat.

A coalition of conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday over what they charged are failures to enforce the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The plaintiffs, who include the Institute for Regional Conservation, Center for Biological Diversity and the National Parks Conservation Association, sued over delays in ESA protections for the ghost…

Earthjustice, representing Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, American Bird Conservancy, Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club and Utah Rivers Council, is suing Utah for its management of the Great Salt Lake.