Public Lands

Will the Trump administration’s recent changes to the implementation of the Endangered Species Act complicate the delicate strategy of grizzly restoration in this remote Washington wilderness?

Returning prescribed fire to California forests is the focus of a new climate-adaptation plan from the Karuk Tribe, but the federal government will need to play big role.

Changes to regulations about critical habitat and consideration for economic interests threaten to upend more than 45 years of conservation success. But the worst may still be to come.

While the Trump administration continued its anti-environmental policies, the planet experienced its hottest month in recorded history. But are the winds starting to shift?

Journalist Christopher Ketcham explains why we’re running out of time to save the West’s public lands and wildlife.

For 12 years, Janet Kessler has chronicled the behavior and family life of San Francisco’s growing population of coyotes as the city itself undergoes big changes.

New kinds of flood plans put nature back in charge, help populations adapt to a changing climate, reduce risk — and more.

New books this month also examine environmental racism, wildlife coexistence and the history lessons of acid rain.

The USDA’s Wildlife Services program slaughters millions of wild animals every year — including endangered species. It doesn’t have to.

Author John Temple takes a deep dive into the world of range wars and ‘patriot’ militia groups in the West, including the infamous Bundy clan.