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ONTARIO — In April, there will be about a dozen meetings throughout the western United States related to a draft plan to strengthen greater sage-grouse conservation and management on public

In Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands, where the air is crisp and the land echoes with the whispers of the Oregon wilderness, a new and different kind of thunder rumbles. When F-15 fighter jets tear through the skies and leave behind a trail of pollution, it disturbs not just the harmonious melody of natur

HAVERHILL — Residents in Bradfords Wood School neighborhood claimed a small victory when the citys Board of Appeals rejected a developers request to build two duplex homes on a piece

Oregon, Nevada and Idaho conservationists are suing the U.S. Air Force, arguing that expanded low-altitude F-15 fighter jet flights over the Owyhee Canyonlands will harm the “quiet and solitude” of the vast high-desert region.

The Haverhill Board of Appeals last night denied Pinnacle Builders developer Mark Salvo’s application to expand the size of a 57 S. New St. lot in the Wood School neighborhood last night. Citing concerns about increasing traffic on South New Street, flooding from displaced groundwater and the character of Wood School changing, neighbors to the […]

Most of the sage grouse population now relies on public lands — but not all public lands are protected equally.

The nonprofit Trust for Public Land has published its annual ParkScore rankings, and some area cities are high on the list. Washington, D.C., took the top spot for the third year in a row, ranked as the nations best big-city park system, with 24% of the Districts land devoted to parks. The rankings are based on five metrics including park access, which calculates the percentage of residents living within a 10-minute walk of a park as well as park equity, which compares access in communities of ...

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is holding a public hearing today in Denver on its new rule, which aims to put conservation, protection of cultural resources and wildlife and recreation on equal footing with resource development on public lands. Jerry Otero, co-chair of the group Next 100 Colorado, said he supports the proposal. ...

The feds are seeking public comment now through June 20th on a proposal to put habitat restoration and conservation on equal footing with mining, drilling, logging, ranching, and off-roading on public lands. The Bureau of Land Management manages 15 million acres in California, or 15% of the state. The proposal would also help address climate change and foster better consultation with Native American tribes. ...

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a new management proposal which includes leasing parcels of public lands for conservation. Chamois Andersen, senior representative of the Rockies and Plains program for Defenders of Wildlife, said the new rules would help protect wildlife habitat, clean drinking water sources, and rural economies. ...