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 ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. French Hill's push to expand the Flatside Wilderness Area in Central Arkansas took a major step forward Tuesday when the House of Representatives approved the congressman's ...

Proposed wilderness protections long sought by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette for hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Colorado cleared the House of Representatives Wednesday as part of the largest ...

More than 20 years after the Denver Democrat first proposed a wilderness bill to protect low-lying, yet untrammeled, Colorado landscapes, DeGette’s bill was approved by the U.S. House on Wednesday.

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 ...

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette’s 20-year effort to get a Colorado wilderness bill passed achieved a milestone Wednesday when it was approved by the House Natural Resources Committee. The bill includes 32 ...

The House passed legislation aimed at providing additional protections for more than 1 million acres of public land on the West Coast on Wednesday. The package — which combines six land protection ...

CARBONDALE, Colo. (CBS4) - The USDA Forest Service is asking for public comment on a proposed special recreation permit fee for overnight camping in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness. The Forest ...