LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: County-level estimates for 2022 small grains are now available, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. The estimates, based primarily on surveys conducted with farmers and ranchers this fall, can be accessed using the QuickStats online database, found here: https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov. Th  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2022: The USGS, in partnership with state and Tribal wildlife agencies, today published the third volume in a series of new maps of big game migration corridors. The new maps add more valuable tools for land managers and policy makers to mitigate the impacts of development on wildlife. Each spring and fall, deer, elk, pronghorn and other hoofed mammals migrate  more