The BLM has been promoting juniper removal that they claim helps restore landscape for wildlife. The Forest Service is pushing similar projects in prime sage grouse breeding habitat. The agencies’ ...

LAS VEGAS— Western Watersheds Project and the Center for Biological Diversity filed an appeal today challenging a federal court decision allowing the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to clearcut ...

In a recent article the Bureau of Land Management, The Nature Conservancy, and local ranchers claimed that removing conifers, mainly juniper trees, on public lands increases and improves habitat for ...

The U.S. Forest Service has tentatively agreed to drop a Bighorn National Forest plan to kill native plants like sagebrush and larkspur as the agency battles invasive weeds on the sprawling federal ...

Sagebrush (Artemisia) is commonly recommended for reclamation and restoration of shrublands of the Western United States and seeds are usually obtained from commercial sources. One result of ...

The Missoulian’s recent article titled “Wyoming juniper removal helps restore landscape for wildlife” is full of misinformation on what happens when sagebrush and juniper habitat is destroyed. Given ...

The Montana Standard's recent article titled “Wyoming juniper removal helps restore landscape for wildlife” is full of misinformation on what happens when sagebrush and juniper habitat is destroyed.