Katie Fite crouched behind some waist-high sagebrush, and her dog Bell nestled in the plant’s cozy cavity to shield from howling winds. It was the first Saturday in April, peak mating season for sage ...

A man who owns a gold-mining claim on federal land in southwestern Oregon asked for help defending it after U.S. authorities ordered him to stop work, but he is now telling his armed supporters to ...

The practice has been controversial because of noise and concerns about harm to fish habitat and water quality. Suction dredge, or placer mining, is a kind of motorized in-stream mineral extraction.