Beavers and muskrats are excellent builders. But how can you tell the difference between a beaver dam and a muskrat lodge?

The Rio Grande is one of North America’s great rivers, flowing nearly 1,900 miles from southern Colorado through New Mexico and along the Texas-Mexico ...

Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB Sheep Creek, a few miles west of La Grande, feeds the headwaters of the Grande Ronde River. Over the years, the area — nestled in the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest that ...

Following World War II, a large number of Idaho farmers began complaining that beavers were ruining their land. They argued that over-eager beavers were building dams in their much-needed irrigation ...

While Western forestry experts accept some wildfire as redemption for the landscape, they’ve also learned that out-of-control megafires can do more harm than good. Now a new study puts a spotlight on ...

Zootah’s “Building a Dam Good Future” fundraiser gala Saturday will raise money to construct a beaver enclosure at the zoo, ...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before – government officials spend years planning a project, bogged down by permits, ...

Beaver Dam should build a new fire station rather than renovate the existing 65-year-old facility that isn’t designed for modern times, the architect studying the issue told the Common Council on ...