January 10, 2018 Standoff rancher draws advocates' ire, supporters' cheers The Nevada rancher who led a 2014 armed standoff with government agents spoke Wednesday saying that it's up to people in states, not the federal officials, to manage vast expanses of rangeland in the U.S. West.
December 22, 2017 Nature Conservancy acquires California coastal ranchland A huge swath of coastal California ranch lands will become a vast preserve through an acquisition funded by a $165 million gift from a wealthy environmentalist couple, The Nature Conservancy announced Friday.
December 21, 2017 Insurance firms dispatch private firefighters in California Among the army of firefighters who have been protecting neighborhoods at the front lines of Southern California's monstrous wildfire are small teams hired by insurance companies to provide personalized prevention and protection for threatened homeowners.
December 19, 2017 Southern California's Thomas Fire now 50 percent contained, firefighters take advantage of calmer winds Firefighters took advantage of calm winds in Southern California to reach 50 percent containment of a massive wildfire, officials said.
December 15, 2017 Deadly California wildfire continues to grow One of the thousands of firefighters battling a series of wildfires across Southern California has died, but authorities gave no hint of how.
December 14, 2017 The Latest: Firefighter working huge California fire dies The Latest on California wildfires (all times local): 5:30 a.m.
December 14, 2017 California will set more fires to try to stop wildfires California's seemingly endless cycle of wildfires is prompting authorities to make plans to set more "controlled burns" to thin forests choked with dead trees and withered underbrush that serves as kindling to feed monster blazes that force entire communities to flee, destroy homes and take lives.
December 10, 2017 Hudson River cleanup focuses on shore after dredging ends A new fight is simmering over General Electric's legacy of toxic pollution as the company seeks to close the books on a $1.7 billion cleanup of the upper Hudson River.
December 7, 2017 Southern California fire weather less dire than prediction Southern Californians already dealing with destructive wildfires were warned of extreme fire potential early Thursday, but conditions turned out to be less dire than predicted.
December 3, 2017 Utah's tenacious efforts to take back federal land stand out In an American West that has a love-hate relationship with the federal government's ownership of a checkerboard of parks, monuments, forest and desert in states from Washington to New Mexico, Utah stands out.
