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FILE - This photo provided by the National Park Service shows a wolf in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo, Nov. 7, 2017. Six conservation groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday, July 2, 2024, challenging a recent U.S. government decision not to protect wolves in northern Rocky Mountain states as an endangered species.

Groups sue to restore endangered species protection for US northern Rockies wolves

Associated Press

The lawsuit follows a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision in February to reject conservationists’ requests to restore endangered species protections across the region.

Utah Backcountry Hunters and Anglers chairman Perry Hall patiently waits for ducks to fly overhead during an early morning hunt in Summit County, Oct. 23, 2023.

Sports & Recreation

When you hunt in Utah, sometimes you come up empty. And other times there are tacos

Sean Higgins

Nearly a half-million people got a Utah license to hunt and fish this year. Money raised from those license sales goes toward habitat restoration and conservation efforts across the state.

Jesse Cecil in front of one of his ponds in Yoder, Wyo.

Sports & Recreation

Looking to hunt or fish on private land? There’s an app for that

Will Walkey

Fall means it’s hunting season for many residents in our region. One popular way to hunt and fish is to lease land from private property owners for a more one-of-a-kind experience, and technology is changing the way people find these opportunities.

Forest Service land in southeastern Idaho.

Sports & Recreation

Hunting on public lands is changing, crowding some areas. Why?

Madelyn Beck

The Mountain West News Bureau researched two possibilities for why certain hunting spots on public lands are getting crowded while the number of hunters remains fairly stable.

California condors, the rarest bird in North America, are occasionally spotted in Utah's Zion National Park.

Science & Environment

Utah hunters can help the rare California Condor by getting the lead out

Elle Cabrera

The Hunters Helping Condors Program continues its 11th year of protecting the raptors from lead poisoning.

A “no hunting” sign on Rattlesnake Pass near Elk Mountain, Wyoming

Politics & Government

Corner crossing lawsuit is the latest fight over Mountain West land access

Will Walkey

Several recent conflicts over public lands access have made headlines in our region. One of those cases involves a practice called corner crossing, and it could determine whether recreationists can access millions of acres.