10 Best National Parks in the Western United States 1. Yellowstone National Park. One of America’s most popular national parks, Yellowstone, is known for its famous geysers and hot springs.

Once nearly extinct in many parts of the western United States, wolves are staging a remarkable comeback. From the mountain ranges of Washington to the woodlands of Northern California, sightings are ...

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has a new database with 400 utility companies wildfire mitigation plans in 19 states ...

At 3:10 a.m. Sunday morning on a remote trail near Foresthill, California, Jan Vleck was in a desperate place. He was 78 ...

Fifty-two large fires are currently burning 748,987 acres in the western United States, with many showing very little sign of containment. The number of fires that have burned nationally by this ...

A Republican-sponsored proposal before Congress to mandate the sale of federal public lands is getting a mixed reception from ...

(Stacker) -Intersections have long been dangerous spots for motorists, and this trend is particularly pronounced in the Western United States.From 2004 through 2022, over 35,000 people lost their ...

Oregon's snowpack jumped to 144% of normal as of Thursday, the best in the western United States, following a series of cold winter storms that blanketed the state's mountains in white.

Western societies are not nearly as unequal as many believe them to be. This is not a call for complacency. Concentrated economic power can distort markets and politics; pockets of deep poverty ...