Wildfire has numerous consequences for the West and, with many statehouses now in session, lawmakers across the region are trying to respond. Now there's a new tool to track reform efforts.

Federal auditors say that Congress could use an obscure law called the Congressional Review Act to throw out the Utah monument’s resource management plan, which sets which activities are or aren’t allowed on the 1.9 million acres.

When the conditions are right, land managers sometimes allow naturally ignited fires to burn. And new research shows that there can be significant ecological benefits when they do so.

Four days of negotiations in a Salt Lake City conference room earlier this month did not appear to have sparked a breakthrough.

This is the legislature's latest attempt to regulate the controversial sector that forms the backbone of daily digital life.

A group of Western Slope counties has completed research into the viability of opening a sustainable aviation fuel plant. They determined it wouldn’t be cost competitive, based on current technology.

The announcement from Parks and Wildlife on Wednesday came three months after the Trump administration blocked Colorado's original plan to capture a second batch of wolves in British Columbia and fly them to the state.

Electric vehicles are becoming more common across the country. But in the Mountain West, long distances, rural roads and wide-open spaces can make switching to electric more challenging.

Steamboat Springs author and adventurer Eugene Buchanan has lived near the banks of the Yampa River long enough to notice it's rhythms and moods are often mirrored by the residents in his northwest Colorado ski town.

The Rocky Mountain Institute is a “think and do tank” with roots in the Roaring Fork Valley, working to facilitate climate solutions around the world. CEO Jon Creyts says renewable energy is affordable and reliable, and that most countries are racing to adopt it. This story is part of our “On the Ground” radio series.