The Forest Service recently released a plan that could protect much of Colorado’s Thompson Divide from new oil and gas leasing. For years, this spectacular area has been threatened by oil and gas development.
Southwest Utah and northern Arizona have some of America’s most amazing wild lands, including Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks as well as Grand Staircase-Escalante and Vermilion Cliffs National Monuments.
Spanish painter Salvador Dali passed away 25 years ago this Jan. 23, his name by then all but synonymous with that of the art movement he championed during the prime years of his career: surrealism.
A Senate Energy and Natural Resources subcommittee held hearings Nov. 20 on three locally-supported bills to secure cherished natural places in New Mexico, Colorado and California.
When was the last time you really could see for miles on a clear day, undisturbed by smog-like pollution? If it's been a while, you might want to visit a wilderness area.
As of March 1, cuts – known as sequestration – will be affecting every federal agency, including the National Park Service, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Forest Service and other environmental agencies.
