Oregon State University just won a $3.6 million grant for sagebrush-ecosystem restoration. That's good news -- sagelands conservation always seems to take a back seat to other landscapes. I wonder if ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Environmental activists are pushing back against the Trump Administration after another southwestern ...

Efforts to improve sage grouse habitat through conventional management practices may be ineffective—and even counterproductive—according to research by University of Wyoming and other scientists.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare lizard imperiled by oil and gas and mining operations in southeast New Mexico and West Texas was proposed for federal ...

(Phys.org) —Ecologists are another step closer to understanding a natural phenomenon that enables desert plants to access water and nutrients they desperately need – even in the driest circumstances. ...

It may seem, to anyone who has driven long stretches of highway across the West, that there is plenty — maybe even more than enough — sagebrush. Sagebrush once covered 250 million acres of western ...

A July settlement removed the lizard’s federal endangered-species listing.

Sagebrush reduction strategies, including mowing and herbicide application, are often employed to enhance habitat for the greater sage grouse and other sagebrush-dependent species. Efforts to improve ...