Forest Service

Volunteers Pony up Thousands in Donations to Purchase Disputed Alpine Horses at Auction

A wild horse sanctuary in Colorado has agreed to adopt 70 free-roaming Alpine horses rounded up in Arizona and sold by the U.S. Forest Service at two recent online auctions. ...

June 23, 2023BY Allan Stein
Animal Advocates ‘Appalled’ at Wyoming Lawmakers’ Proposal for Legal Slaughter of Wild Horses, Burros

Animal welfare groups say they are "appalled" by a bipartisan resolution introduced by Wyoming lawmakers that requests Congress ...

January 25, 2023BY Allan Stein
In True Spirit of Christmas, Arizona Ranch Owner Takes In 9 Wild Horses Sold at Auction

WILLIAMS, Ariz.—Molly Wisecarver is a firm believer in Christmas miracles—not the kind with golden wings, but four hooves, ...

December 24, 2022BY Allan Stein
Red Tape Stokes Devastating Wildfires: Report

A new report vividly illustrates how bureaucracy and litigation slow down prescribed burns and mechanical treatments of wildfire-prone ...

June 23, 2022BY Nathan Worcester
Federal Control of Western Land: Two Perspectives

Why are many people—including the militiamen in Oregon—angry that the federal government owns almost half of the land ...

January 25, 2016BY Robert B. Keiter
The Twisted Roots of US Land Policy in the West

The seizure of a Malheur National Wildlife Refuge building in southeastern Oregon by armed and self-styled "constitutionalists" was ...

January 11, 2016BY John Freemuth
California Wildfire Sends Campers Off to the Races

In California, Memorial day turned out to be not quite what most campers had expected. Thousands of them ...

May 28, 2013BY Valentin Schmid