The rule, hailed by conservationists as a landmark preservation effort, protects roughly 58.5 million acres of backcountry Forest Service land from road construction, logging and other development.

When U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced on Monday that her department would be opening up more US Forest ...

Utah senator trims plans, calling targeted BLM land “unused,” “mismanaged” and “only appropriate for housing.” ...

Despite a loud public outcry against U.S. Sen. Mike Lee’s efforts to sell millions of acres of federal public land, not ...

Scott Fitzwilliams didn’t expect to last 16 years as supervisor of the White River National Forest that surrounds Vail and ...

Wyoming hunters said they won’t budge from their staunch opposition to selling public land. That’s despite U.S. Sen. Mike Lee ...

But if federal lands are turned over to states, there’s no guarantee that land would stay public. Wyoming has sold about 20% ...

Concerns are rising in Wyoming over the potential sale of some of the state's public lands as part of the proposed Big ...

When U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced on Monday that her department would be opening up more US Forest Service land to development, she did so with the caveat that just two states — ...

Land west of Cody also could be nominated, as well as Forest Service property on both sides of the Bighorn Mountains. Scattered BLM lands around the state also qualify for sale, according to The ...