Rangeland

APHIS monitors grasshoppers in 17 western states, and when the agency deems there’s an outbreak - or is asked to intervene by stakeholders like the US Forest Service or adjacent land owners - it can apply a pesticide to kill the insects.

Much more research has been done to evaluate wildfire mitigation strategies in forests.

During the last 30 years, climate change has impacted rangelands in the West. Now some top scientists and land managers say restoring Idaho’s rangelands could help combat climate change.

A couple of truckloads of sheep were delivered by truck to 8th Street above the Foothills Learning Center Monday. They are slowly heading north.For…

A proposed fuel break system in southwest Idaho, southeast Oregon and northern Nevada will limit the size of destructive rangeland wildfires and protect…

The Wildland Fire Leadership Council is meeting for the first time in Boise. The national committee was created in 2002, and includes officials from…

State and federal officials say Idaho faces an increased potential for rangeland wildfires in the south, but forested areas in the north are in better…

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has announced $10 million for land restoration projects in 13 states in a strategy to reduce catastrophic wildfires.Jewell…

Idaho ranchers looking to help fight rangeland fires near their homes received a funding nod from lawmakers this Thursday.The Idaho Budget committee…

An Idaho legislative committee Tuesday approved a bill to encourage teams of ranchers who would volunteer to fight rangeland fires. The first rangeland…