In November 2024, the tension inside the Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters was palpable. Two years previously, an overwhelming majority of eligible employees had voted to join the National ...

Migration pathways for animals will be further fragmented by the new additions to the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Trump is on a multipronged mission to eliminate a science agency that conservationists, toxicologists, universities and more call irreplaceable.

The 30-year-old national service agency had tens of thousands working on climate change, conservation and disaster response in communities across the West.

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