The U.S. owns 250 million acres of public lands, and it has the authority to sell or lease limited parcels for housing.

Puerto Rico. Guam. The U.S. Virgin Islands. American Samoa. The Northern Mariana Islands. Today these unincorporated ...

Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Colorado-based Western Energy Alliance, has been nominated to lead the Bureau of Land ...

"Rob the Ranger brings the untamed beauty of African wildlife straight to your screen with candid, unscripted footage ...

The owners of Wilderness Resort honored four team members for going above and beyond in their jobs in 2024, according to a Jan. 8 release. Brian Busser was named its “2024 Manager of the Year ...

Shaw, himself a journalist, filmmaker, and musician, served as Fedarko’s interviewer at The Arts Campus at Willits.

Visit these underrated national parks across the American West from Washington to Texas and enjoy fewer crowds and ...

The roar of the grizzly, war cries of the Blackfeet, and the lonesome song of the wind ushered 18-year-old Joe Meek to a ...

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They once again shocked the world in 2024 when they missed out on the playoffs entirely, finishing with a 78-84 record and third in the American League West. It could be the every-other-year magic ...

An American and a Canadian hiker have been attacked while walking in the Jacumba Mountains Wilderness, California, near the southern border with Mexico. The US citizen was shot and wounded in the leg ...

The rise of industrial capitalism after the American Civil War resulted in thousands of people travelling to find work. Many avoided expensive train tickets by making the illegal and dangerous ...