December 20, 2015 Westerners fear monumental land grab by Obama administration Utah officials are scrambling to prevent the Obama administration from locking down thousands of acres of land in their backyard, as federal officials consider up to a dozen possible national monument designations – all in western states.
December 20, 2015 Park Service moves plan for gov’t to shoot deer at Civil War sites The National Park Service has tentatively approved a plan that envisions government sharpshooters killing more than 2,800 white-tailed deer at three Civil War battlefields in Maryland and Virginia over the next five years to curb damage to plants and trees.
December 20, 2015 New Mexico ranching family tells feds: Don’t fence us out For more than a century, the Lucero family has grazed livestock in the majestic landscape near Fenton Lake in the Santa Fe National Forest. They started with sheep and, in the 1920s, switched to cattle.
December 20, 2015 Bang: Deer kill set for DC park, commuters warned to stay away Government sharpshooters are heading into the nighttime woods of Washington’s fabled Rock Creek Park to kill over 100 white-tail deer accused of nibbling too many tree seedlings.
December 20, 2015 In climate bid, Obama stares down melting Alaska glacier President Obama stared down a melting glacier in Alaska on Tuesday in a dramatic use of his presidential pulpit to sound the alarm on climate change.
November 30, 2015 California fire officials using drone to help fight monster Yosemite blaze Fire commanders battling a giant blaze around Yosemite National Park said Thursday that they would maintain use of a Predator drone to give them early views of any new flare-ups across the remote and rugged landscape..
November 29, 2015 Reluctant anglers drafted in war on fish Balancing on some boulders along the Lamar River here on a recent afternoon, Dave Hallac clutched his fly-fishing rod and reeled in one of the outlaws.
November 29, 2015 Smaller of twin panda cubs has died, National Zoo announces Washington's National Zoo said one of its two newborn panda cubs died Wednesday after three and a half days.
November 28, 2015 Car slams into cyclists during New Hampshire ride, killing 2 A car slammed into a group of bicyclists Saturday during an annual ride along the New England coastline, killing two riders and injuring three others, police said.
November 28, 2015 Yellowstone officials investigating after 3-year-old shoots self in park Park rangers responded Saturday morning to Grant Village Campground, but resuscitation efforts failed, resulting in what officials said was the first shooting death in the park since 1978.
