Oregon
The Center for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Oregon alleging the grazing would harm imperiled species across the West.
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The U.S. Congress recently wrapped up its work. North Dakota’s delegation is back in the state to convince constituents that the House and the Senate are not hamstrung by partisanship and, in the case of majority Republicans, are not mired in foolish fealty to an increasingly feckless president. North Dakota Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin […]
States Newsroom
North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong on Wednesday lifted a ban on TikTok for state-owned devices, citing a change in ownership for the social media company. The TikTok ban for state government devices had been in place since a 2022 executive order from then-Gov. Doug Burgum. The prohibition aimed to safeguard the state’s cyber infrastructure and […]
Montana
Two lawsuits filed in federal court seek to overturn a new policy by the Bureau of Land Management revoking federal grazing permits for bison herds in Montana. American Prairie, a conservation organization that owns and leases vast swaths of land in eastern Montana, has grazed a herd of more than 900 bison on federal land […]
Idaho
Officials at the nonprofit Wilderness Society say more than 1 million acres of wilderness and wild lands in Idaho could be affected by a federal policy review being undertaken by U.S. Department of Interior officials. In June, officials with the Department of Interior announced they were beginning a nationwide review of rock climbing management, as […]
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The Trump administration is proposing to loosen the regulation of offshore Arctic oil drilling by revoking several safety regulations put in place during the Obama administration. The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Monday that it will propose a new rule to change what it called “a burdensome regulatory framework” imposed a decade ago […]
Oregon
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is urging federal officials to help Oregon farmers and ranchers respond to, and rebound from, wildfires at the same scale and speed those officials delivered in Republican-controlled states hit by natural disasters this year. In a letter requesting aid that Kotek sent Thursday to Brooke Rollins, head of the U.S. Department […]
Colorado
The federal government on Friday formalized a set of guidelines for managing water use in the Colorado River Basin over the next decade, if Colorado and six other Western states can’t come to an agreement on how to deal with declining flows caused in large part by climate change. “The Department has a responsibility to […]
Montana
BIG SKY, Mont. — Federal and state leaders in Big Sky announced a push to remove grizzly bears from the endangered species list and return more management authority to the states.
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