The Sagebrush Rebellion, as it became known, led some states to pass laws claiming legal ownership of the lands, which some ...

Do public lands in the West belong to Westerners, or all Americans? Moving a federal agency’s headquarters from Washington, DC to Colorado is the latest skirmish in a longtime struggle.

Utah’s lawsuit has separate friend-of-the-court briefs filed by U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyoming), Gov. Mark Gordon, and ...

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Under the deal, a federal fund will provide the land’s appraised value of $62 million and privately raised money the rest.

The popular “Yellowstone” TV series, set and filmed in Montana, taps into a lesser-known chapter of the state’s history: its ...

His primary teaching areas are public administration, environmental politics and federal land policy. He is the author of Federal Land, Western Anger: The Sagebrush Rebellion and Environmental ...

Nonetheless, it was not federal legislation that provoked the “Sagebrush Rebellion.” It was the policies of the Carter administration. Carter viewed himself as an environmentalist and staffed ...

Protest group Extinction Rebellion (XR) is carrying out a week of demonstrations to highlight what it says is government inaction on climate change. On Wednesday, some protesters glued themselves ...

The region's shinnery oaks are only four or five feet high, but they provide food, shade and a breeding ground for the small, brown dunes sagebrush lizard — otherwise known as the sand dune lizard.

Anyone looking to change the world in 2025 could learn a lot from Extinction Rebellion’s rise.' As someone who joined the movement a few days later, I remember the curious, quasi-spiritual binding ...

Seed planting is a major method for rehabilitating the land. Young said sagebrush seed is what will mostly be planted in the mountains. Some areas can take in seeds planted by hand or tractor ...