(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) But in a time when lands are experiencing the effects of climate change and people are ...

Conservation advocates are raising concerns about Sen. Steve Daines’ latest effort to roll back protections on three Montana wilderness study areas, arguing both the timing and the process are wrong ...

Congressional Republicans moved closer Wednesday to lifting a 20-year ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, pushing a resolution to end the moratorium through the House ...

The House of Representatives voted 214-208 on Wednesday to allow mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota, reinvigorating plans to build a major mining project in the area.

There’s something primeval and stirring about hearing a wolf’s howl echo through a forest. That haunting sound—sometimes solitary, sometimes a chorus—connects us to the wild in a way few other ...

The Wilderness Trust recently announced acquiring 20 acres of private property within Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness. Photo courtesy The Wilderness Trust Colorado’s biggest wilderness area is ...

The Mexican gray wolf has roamed parts of the Southwest for thousands of years. The wolves were nearly hunted to extinction but are now decades into a recovery effort that began with the passing of ...