Idaho wary of Obama ‘leftovers’ working on sage grouse plan
The Interior Department last week opened a public comment period to amend the plan concerning the chicken-size bird.
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Oregon ranchers petition for Supreme Court review
The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to review a dispute between Oregon ranchers and the Bureau of
BLM experiments with ‘flexible’ grazing permits
The Bureau of Land Management is taking applications from Western states to test outcome-based grazi
Biologists on wolf watch in S. Oregon
Tom Collom, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Klamath Falls district biologist, ca
After punishing drought, Montana ranchers sell calves early
Stockyards have moved 6,000 animals more than they did during the same weeks in 2016.
Study: Preliminary data show cattle, sage grouse can coexist
Early data from an ongoing Idaho grazing study planned to last a decade shows no harm to sage grouse on public lands caused by spring grazing.
Biologists finally collar wolf from Rogue Pack
The breeding male of the Rogue Pack in Southern Oregon is OR-7, whose tracking collar provided details of his extensive travels after he dispersed from Wallowa County and into Northern California before returning to Oregon.
Ruling reinstates 23,000 acres as wild horse territory
Over the objections of local ranchers, a federal appeals court has reinstated 23,000 acres of wild horse territory in California.
Washington feedyard operator featured in national beef ad campaign
Pasco, Wash., feedyard operator Cody Easterday is featured in the National Beef Checkoff campaign, promoting advances in the cattle industry.
Federal wildlife agency says wolf was shot, offers reward
In the past year, two wolves have been found dead in the Fremont-Wenema National Forest.
Wolf numbers growing in Mount Emily, Meacham
Wolves are making their home in the Mount Emily and Walla Walla units of northeast Oregon, with four packs and three additional pairs or groups.
Inspection finds maintenance flaws at Cooke salmon net pens
Cooke’s salmon farms accidentally released tens of thousands of non-native Atlantic salmon into Puget Sound.
Software provides genetic, management calf value
A Washington cattle seed stock producer gives buyers overview of new profit value calculator during bull and cow sale.
Idaho man and 20 cows die when livestock trailer rolls
Idaho State Police say one man has died after a semi-truck hauling a livestock trailer overturned in north-central Idaho Sunday night