Colo. Wants Fewer Elk in National Park
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Colorado wildlife officials recommend using hunting as the best way to get the elk herd in Rocky Mountain National Park down to size.  There are 3,000 elk in the park, and the large herbivores are making an impression on the landscape, chewing up aspen groves and mountain meadows.
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- The Bush administration's aggressive drive to promote oil and gas drilling on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains has sparked growing anger here among traditional Republican constituents who say that the stepped-up push for energy development is sullying some of the...
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As he hiked up a steep trail winding into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park a few days ago, Don Barger reached into his pack, pulled out his cell phone - and turned it off.
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A significant population has taken up residence in the national park, perhaps released there by overwhelmed pet owners.
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Some wildlife experts want to make the greater sage grouse an endangered species icon. Its Western habitat, unfortunately, is atop some of the nation's largest untapped natural gas fields.
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Researchers from the University of Wyoming are trying to determine why the cutthroat trout population in Yellowstone National Park continues to decline and what steps can be taken to preserve the native fish.
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By Tracy Harmon, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Jan. 30--SALIDA -- The growing business of ecotourism or "wildlife watching," which annually generates more than $1 billion in the state's revenue, will be the focus of a Colorado Division of Wildlife meeting Wednesday.
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Science & environment: Fewer people are visiting national parks and taking part in outdoor activities, according to new research
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By Angel Riggs and Michael Overall, Tulsa World, Okla.  Feb. 13--OKLAHOMA CITY -- Aggravated farmers seem ready to put down their guns now that environmentalists have taken steps to protect crops from wild elk, officials said Monday.
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By Anonymous  WASHINGTON - Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg announced Friday a $247,500 grant for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.  The money will be used for the organization's new headquarters in Missoula.
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By JOHN ARNOLD Journal Staff Writer  Santa Fe National Forest acting supervisor Martin Chavez has rejected an appeal by environmentalists who are fighting a controversial forest-thinning project near Las Vegas, N.M.
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By Idaho Statesman, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Dec. 19--The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today it will propose delisting Rocky Mountain wolves as endangered in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming by the end of January.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to make it easier to kill wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains to protect other wildlife and domesticated animals.
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The director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may keep a rare jumping mouse in the Rocky Mountains on the endangered species list after all.
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The presence of wolves in and around Yellowstone National Park has led to changes in elk breeding patterns, likely a significant factor in the decline in elk populations, a study published Friday concludes.
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LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Western governors convening a two-day summit on the federal Endangered Species Act heard a list of complaints: Too few plants and animals saved.
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Not even loud rock 'n' roll music could discourage a 350-pound bear that repeatedly raided plums and watermelons from a couple's garden...