BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge has rejected Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s lawsuit contending the Obama administration acted illegally by imposing federal land-use restrictions intended to protect the ...

BOISE, Idaho | Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter has appealed the dismissal of his sage grouse lawsuit, saying the state was not speculating about the damage that implementing the current federal sage ...

BOISE (AP) — Idaho's sage grouse population has dropped 52% since the federal government decided not to list the birds as an endangered species in the fall of 2015. It's not yet clear whether the ...

Hang on. We’re on the sage grouse merry-go-round. It’s moving fast and it could change direction any minute. When people talk about the federal government’s “War on the West,” they aren’t talking ...

The Trump administration weakened protections Monday for the vulnerable greater sage grouse, making it easier for oil and gas drilling, mining and grazing operations to take place on about 50 million ...