New podcast focuses on divide over sage grouse

New podcast focuses on divide over sage grouse

  • By BOISE STATE PUBLIC RADIO

The greater sage-grouse is disappearing across the West as oil and gas extraction, development, wildfire, invasive plants and overgrazing change its habitat.

Public lands chief hangs on despite nomination getting nixed

Public lands chief hangs on despite nomination getting nixed

  • By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A former oil industry attorney will continue calling the shots for a government agency that oversees nearly a quarter-billion public acres in the U.S. West, despite the White House saying over the weekend that President Donald Trump would withdraw the nomination of Wil…

State kills last 2 members of wolf pack preying on cattle

State kills last 2 members of wolf pack preying on cattle

  • JerryPainter

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state of Washington has killed the last two known wolves in the so-called Wedge pack in Stevens County, which had been preying on livestock, the Department of Fish and Wildlife said Monday.

Washington state to kill more wolves that attack livestock

Washington state to kill more wolves that attack livestock

  • By NICHOLAS K.

    GERANIOS Associated Press

SPOKANE, Wash. — The state of Washington on Tuesday ordered that more endangered wolves be killed in a pack that continued to prey on cattle in Stevens County even after one member was eliminated.

Environmental group sues feds over grizzly bear decision

Environmental group sues feds over grizzly bear decision

  • By NICHOLAS

    K. GERANIOS Associated Press

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — An environmental group filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Tuesday for failing to release public records on the termination of a program to restore grizzly bears to the North Cascades in Washington state.

Appeals court: Judge was right to revive grizzly protections

Appeals court: Judge was right to revive grizzly protections

  • By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court said Wednesday that a federal judge was right to restore protections for about 700 grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region of the Rocky Mountains, after federal officials sought to turn over management of the animals to states that would have allow…

U.S. ends sheep grazing in parts of Idaho wilderness areas

U.S. ends sheep grazing in parts of Idaho wilderness areas

  • By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho — U.S. officials have permanently closed four sheep and goat grazing allotments in and near central Idaho wilderness areas that are important habitat for wolves, bighorn sheep and other wildlife.

Bid to halt Nevada oil drilling in sage grouse habitat

  • By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press

RENO, Nev. — Conservationists say the Trump administration’s approval of exploratory drilling for oil in sage grouse habitat on federal land in eastern Nevada violates its own protection guidelines and ignores concerns raised by scientists about potential harm to the bird imperiled across mu…

BLM plans virtual meeting on sage brush restoration

  • By U.S. Bureau

    of Land Management

The Bureau of Land Management is inviting the public to log on to a virtual meeting and post comments on the draft Fuels Reduction and Rangeland Restoration Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Great Basin.

State to start trapping wolves in Northeast Washington

State to start trapping wolves in Northeast Washington

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Fish and Wildlife officials say they will start spring trapping of wolves, an activity that was previously considered non-essential under Gov. Jay Inslee’s COVID-19 stay-at-home order.

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Idaho production season begins amid COVID-19 crisis

Idaho production season begins amid COVID-19 crisis

  • By BILL SCHAEFER For Farm & Ranch

Idaho’s farmers and ranchers are trying to balance protecting their business interests against the health and welfare of their workers as planting and grazing season begins in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Yellowstone slaughters wild bison to shrink park's herds

Yellowstone slaughters wild bison to shrink park's herds

  • By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press

BILLINGS, Mont. — Yellowstone National Park is done capturing wild bison for the year after rounding up almost 550 of the wild animals and sending most to slaughter as part of a population control program, park officials said.

Feds refuse again to list bi-state grouse along state line

Feds refuse again to list bi-state grouse along state line

  • By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press

RENO, Nev. — Two years after a U.S. judge ordered the Trump administration to reconsider its refusal to protect sage grouse populations along the California-Nevada line, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has again decided against listing the bi-state grouse as threatened or endangered.

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BLM creates Forage Reserve in East Idaho

BLM creates Forage Reserve in East Idaho

  • By STEVE STUEBNER For Farm & Ranch

When a range fire occurs in Idaho, ranchers often have to wait two years before they can take their livestock back on to public rangelands to give the soil and plants time to heal.

Ranching on high alert: Rancher takes steps to repel wolves

Ranching on high alert: Rancher takes steps to repel wolves

  • By ERIC BARKER The Lewiston Tribune

ANATONE, Wash. — With a .25-06 rifle cradled in the crook of his left elbow, Jay Holzmiller used his right arm to sweep a spotlight across his pasture, checking his cows and looking for wolves.

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Northwest Montana grizzly deaths spur pushback

Northwest Montana grizzly deaths spur pushback

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The mortality rate of grizzly bears in northwestern Montana has prompted a group of bear researchers to challenge whether the grizzly should be removed from federal protection.