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Imagine Halloween never had the looming dread of school or work the next day. With Oct. 31 falling on a Friday this year, that's not a problem. But since Halloween often falls on a weekday, the ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Volunteers are stepping in to ensure that their local outdoor landmarks are protected during the government shutdown. As the federal government shutdown continues, thousands of ...

Republican Sen. Mike Lee is back with another bid to reshape America’s public lands — and this time, he’s framing it as a border security initiative. The Border Lands Conservation Act, introduced a ...

Bare-bones staffing during the government shutdown across the Interior Department and the U.S. Forest Service is leaving America’s treasured natural assets vulnerable to lasting damage, according to ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials rejected a mining company’s bid for more than 6 million tons of coal beneath a national forest in Utah, marking the third proposed coal sale from public lands in ...

In an era of deeply concerning political fracturing, the values our shared national landscapes and waterways ― our public lands ― represent are one of the things on which most people can agree. Never ...

Oct. 15 (UPI) --The Trump administration has vowed to open up public land to usher in an age of American energy dominance but in the Western United States there is little frontier left. More than 81% ...

It’s a sweet day. Oct. 14 is National Dessert Day, and there’s no better way to make your day brighter than a mid-week dessert pick-me-up. You don’t need an excuse to grab your favorite dessert, but ...

Our national public lands and natural world are experiencing devastating harm. It is a truism that we tend to respond more to threats of something we have being taken away. Frequently this entails a ...