Yellowstoneâs Departed
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Yellowstone comings and goings -- a rabbit's possible return, and more bison sent to slaughter.
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As the gray wolf hovered on the brink of  extinction a decade ago, U.S. officials embarked on a  controversial plan to open the vast refuge of Yellowstone  National Park to the pack-based predators in the hopes of  rebuilding the species.
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TO THE EDITOR:           After visiting some of the western public forests, grasslands and parks, I understand much better about the scars left from drilling and mineral exploration. Vehicle tracks will be there for centuries just like the wagons of early settlers have left their mark.
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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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By Christina Vance, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 10--The Sierra reminds me.   Trail hikers frequently talk of coming to their senses in the high places -- finding escape from the din of cell phones and honks of cars. They leave behind stuff-crammed buildings, carrying only a bag.
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Many who fled snow for the Sun Belt are moving back to be near family.
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For 5,000 years, great tongues of ice have spread over the 3-mile-high slopes of Puncak Jaya, in the remotest reaches of this remote tropical island. Now those glaciers are melting, and Lonnie Thompson must get there before they're gone.
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This is just a guess, but I would assume that most people who read that the Expos were leaving Montreal for Washington in yesterday&#39;s Eagle simply yawned and turned the page.
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One of the last stands of dragonâs blood trees may soon succumb to the harsh environment.
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LIVINGSTON, Mont. - Strong winds that had caused a fire in an area popular with celebrities to nearly triple in size shifted Thursday and helped slow the blaze's growth, allowing some residents who had evacuated to return.
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By Dan Buglass rural affairs editor  THE days when farmers paid scant regard to the environment and their custody of the countryside are long gone.
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By Joe Bauman and Nancy Perkins Deseret Morning
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The buffalo may be the iconic mammal of the American West, but the mule deer may be a more apt if less imposing and sentimental choice.
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For many old-time horses the Dallas and Fort Worth conurbation used to be the start of a great journey, driving great herds of cattle from the stockyards north through Texas to the beef-starved states beyond.
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As winds began to die down, the reality of this weekâs wildfires began to resonate for thousands of evacuees.
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With federal courts in disagreement over how many snowmobiles should be permitted in Yellowstone National Park, the National Park Service proposed a temporary option.
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It&#39;s that time of year again, when normally affable, outgoing people abandon their families for hours at a time to stare enraptured at their TV screens.