The Bureau of Land Management oversees one out of every 10 acres of land in the United States. Longtime Montana resident ...

Over in Colorado, ski patrollers from Eldora and Loveland resorts demonstrated outside Vail’s headquarters in Broomfield, ...

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Prairie dogs emerge from their burrow in a colony on American Prairie in Montana. Prairie dogs, once one of the most abundant animals on the prairie, now occupy 2% of their historic range.

People weren’t the only ones fleeing fast-moving flames and hot embers as deadly wildfires burned down entire neighborhoods in Los Angeles beginning on Tuesday night and ongoing as of publication.

In June 1979, President Jimmy Carter announces his new solar energy policy while standing in front of solar panels placed on West Wing roof of the White House. Credit: Glasshouse Images/Alamy ...

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At Sequoia National Park in California, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees cover trees in structure wrap to protect them from fires in late September, 2021. Credit: Gary Kazanjian/AP Photo ...

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