Mountain West News Bureau

The 11 senators and representatives - all Democrats - said that the consolidation of four Department of Interior agencies’ wildfire programs is being done “without adequate analysis, transparency, or planning to prevent disruption during what is expected to be a significant fire season or to safeguard long-term wildfire preparedness.”

Declining snowpack is creating new challenges for irrigation, livestock, and traditional food systems in tribal communities

A coalition of public lands advocates and historians has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing it of censoring American history and science at national parks, including several in the Mountain West.

The 16th annual "Conservation in the West" poll by Colorado College revealed that voters across the political spectrum are concerned by the Trump administration's cuts to public land management.

More than a century after the Mountain West’s silver and gold rushes, mercury used to process those metals is still moving through a northern Nevada river system and showing up in local wildlife.

Negotiators are focusing on a five-year agreement for sharing water from the shrinking river. Experts say that would provide some much-needed flexibility.

As immigration enforcement expands nationwide, Native families say increased ICE activity is creating fear in their communities, even among U.S. citizens and tribal members.

Tribes could lease land or sell power — and it might be a way to diversify some tribal economies

Health and environmental advocates vow to fight it in court

Scott Socha is an executive at Delaware North, a company that contracts with the National Park Service to provide lodging and food at several national parks.