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News Release: Wyoming Officially Designates New Species of Elk, Wapiti domesticus7 hrs

April 1, 2026

The opportunity of a lifetime for wildlife professionals to discover and name a new species of hoofed mammal has the attention of the North American scientific community. This lightning strike of good fortune was announced recently by a cadre of proud Wyoming biologists and game wardens.

“We knew these elk was different,” Warden Al Phalfa to...

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For Wilderness to Remain Wild, It Must Remain Unmanipulated19 hrs

The National Park Service plans to cut most of the trees surrounding these Giant Sequoias in the Lost Grove within Wilderness in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Photo by René Voss, Wilderness Watch board member.

By Kevin Proescholdt, Wilderness Watch

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Public lands need less extraction and more rewilding3 days

In the age of extinction, we need a new model for these landscapes and the communities that rely on them.

by Adam Bronstein, High Country News
March 24, 2026

For decades, public-land ...

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FLPMA Explained: The Vital Law That Says Your Public Lands Belong to You4 days

Every fight over drilling, mining, logging, and land transfers on BLM land comes back to this law. Most Americans have never heard of it. Here’s how you can protect it.

by Will Pattiz and Mo...

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