Under a new rule, grizzly bears would be protected by the Endangered Species Act in Washington, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.

As someone who lives near Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park, I know of lots of hidden gems in the area.

View 15 awe-inspiring images of this range from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rejects state petitions for local management, creates single recovery area for grizzlies in ...

Ski patrollers miffed by wages they say are too low for high living costs have put a wrench in operations at the biggest U.S.

Researchers have created a simulation that maps underground water on a continental scale. The result of three years' work studying groundwater from coast to coast, the findings plot the unseen path ...

In the mid-1800s, the U.S. Department of the Interior began the “great surveys” to map the vast, uncharted land of the West, ...

The story of America’s mountain towns is one of resilience, adventure, and transformation. Many of these communities were born during the mining booms of the 19th century, where gold and silver lured ...

Where is the snowiest place in California? The snowiest mountain in California — and the second snowiest place in the continental United States — is Lassen Peak in Shasta County, with an ...

Areas impacted include the higher elevations of Rocky Mountain National Park ... according to the latest drought monitor map, which shows the entire county in severe drought and the northeast ...

but which mountains are really the snowiest? Answering that question is more complicated than you might think, experts told USA TODAY. “You hear this storm gave us 2 inches or that one gave us 3 ...