BILLINGS, Mont. — Federal wildlife officials say they will take more than 1,300 gray wolves in the Northern Rockies off the endangered species list within 60 days.

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1,300 wolves to come off endangered list

Still digging out from the last storm? There may be another heading your way: A huge storm system will bring snow, sleet, and freezing rain to the Rockies and Midwest early this week before pummeling the eastern seaboard on Wednesday, according to…

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Monster Winter Storm Moves Across U.S.

West from Sioux Falls, hundreds of miles of rolling South Dakota corn eventually morph into one of this country’s largest remaining national grasslands, a portion of what is now the North American continent’s largest endangered ecosystem. read more

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Grasslands Preserve the Lonely Prairie

A harsh winter storm has shut down highways in Idaho and Wyoming, and has Utah in its sights, while residents of the Rockies gird themselves for and expected blizzard Wednesday. At least three deaths have been blamed on the storm, and thousands are…

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Winter Storm Slams Rockies