ONTARIO — Malheur County and other valley residents heard Tuesday what they have been wanting to hear: The recommended routes for a major power transmission line from Idaho Power, from northeast Oregon to southwest Idaho, skirts the Malheur and Snake River valleys and takes in more public lands..  More.

Lawyers for the state of Wyoming and the Colorado Mining Association argued before the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday that a 2001 federal rule banning construction of new roads on National Forest land violates the law. The Roadless Rule, initiated under President Clinton's presidency, banned road construction and reconstruction on certain areas of National Forest lands. It affects ....  More.

WILKES-BARRE - Tea Party members and area residents shouldered flags, waved signs and marched in front of the district office of U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski on Tuesday for the first of two pickets against the federal health care bill."I just think it's.  More.

DENVER -- Lawyers for the state of Wyoming and the Colorado Mining Association argued before the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday that a 2001 federal rule banning construction of new roads on National Forest land violates the law..  More.

As the forest grows the U.S. Forest Service keeps a watchful eye on the process. And in Big Bear Valley, that watchful eye belongs to acting deputy district ranger David Kelley and a team of biologists, botanists and archaeologists planning fuels reduction and healthy forest projects for the San Bernardino National Forest..  More.