As environmental groups dedicated to protecting our natural resources and wildlife, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), the Western Watershed Project, and nine other groups are ...

The sun rose in brilliant hues of orange and purple on the horizon, creeping slowly higher behind a distant herd of antelope. It illuminated the animals' dark silhouettes, which each jumped up one by ...

WASHINGTON— The Biden administration’s long-awaited greater sage grouse land-use plans for 10 Western states could save the dwindling species, but some of the preliminary alternatives ignore the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Department of Fish and Wildlife late Wednesday recommended that the state’s greater sage grouse move toward protection under the state’s Endangered Species Act. The ...

To combat the biodiversity crisis, the Sierra Club supports establishing a national goal to conserve at least 30 percent of U.S. land, and 30 percent of U.S. ocean areas by 2030. Known as the 30×30 ...

Famous for their displays during the spring breeding season, sage grouse inhabit the steppes of the American west. Big birds, they can weigh up to 6 pounds, and they can look even bigger when they ...

A greater sage grouse. (Bob Wick/Bureau of Land Management via Courthouse News) SACRAMENTO (CN) — The greater sage grouse, in a way, is a barometer for the health of the land. Its numbers have been ...

The future of the greater sage grouse, an iconic species of the American West, is in doubt. Over decades its numbers have dwindled to a mere 150,000 individuals and continue to decline as the birds’ ...

John Stephenson didn’t need a telescoping lens, or a notepad, to count how many sage grouse were flirting near a dirt-covered, melting pile of snow at the north end of Jackson Hole Airport’s runway.

As environmental groups dedicated to protecting our natural resources and wildlife, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), the Western Watershed Project, and nine other groups are ...