WASHINGTON -- Supporters of popular but star-crossed wilderness legislation were assessing their options Wednesday after a bill that would toughen protections around Mount Hood and other public lands ...

The House on Wednesday defeated a bill to set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness — the victim of a renewed Republican push to allow concealed, loaded weapons in ...

AND BETTINA BOXALL, WASHINGTON AND LOS ANGELES — Congress on Wednesday approved the largest expansion of the wilderness system in 15 years, bestowing the highest level of federal protection on 2 ...

A years-in-the-making proposal to substantially expand Colorado’s federally protected wilderness areas is closer than ever before to becoming reality. The House Natural Resources Committee voted 21-13 ...

I have decided to start a large construction project half a mile from my house where I have lived for 55 years. This project ...

WICKLOW, Ireland (AP) — The road winds across the spine of the mountains, past a seemingly endless wilderness of heather-covered bogs, lakes, waterfalls, pine forests and trails. There is an eerie ...