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A decision that would’ve allowed domestic sheep to graze public land in southeastern Idaho has been vacated. Environmental Groups say the move will help sage grouse conservation efforts.
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The subject of wild horses in the west, and how to manage them, remains controversial. Idaho Matters takes a closer look.
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There are tens of thousands of horses running wild in the Mountain West. The U.S. government mainly uses roundups to keep them from overgrazing public lands. But advocacy groups want more of a focus on fertility control.
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The world of wildland firefighting has a lot of wonky lingo. But one key phrase is “fuel moisture” — and no, we’re not talking about oil and gas.
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This spring, 145 wild horses died of an equine flu at a federal holding facility in Colorado. A review by an animal welfare team found that the Bureau of Land Management failed to comply with federal policies that might have helped contain the outbreak.
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A wild horse advocate says the move marks “a significant shift towards humane on-range management of wild horses and away from cruel, costly helicopter roundups.”
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As wildfire season begins in earnest across parts of the Mountain West, firefighting agencies will also be battling the tightest labor market in decades and a housing affordability crisis. A Bureau of Land Management spokesperson at the National Interagency Fire Center, doesn't expect staffing to be an issue. She says that while fire seasons are becoming "fire years," the real focus is juggling and balancing the teams’ schedules.
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A proposed lithium mine along the Nevada-Oregon border would produce critical materials for electric car batteries along with local jobs, but critics say the damage to the environment, including the ancestral lands of multiple tribes, isn't worth it.
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A new analysis finds the Bureau of Land Management has been renewing grazing permits on millions of acres of public lands without performing environmental reviews.
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In the past year and a half, the Bureau of Land Management has received several proposals to capture solar and wind energy in the Twin Falls District, which includes all of south-central Idaho.