That could mean more giant rangeland wildfires that in recent decades destroyed vast areas of sagebrush country that support some 350 species of wildlife, including imperiled sage grouse.
Earlier this week, three people from Wild Buffalo Defense were sentenced in federal court for similar protests last week at the bison quarantine facility.
The Western Governors' Association published the first-ever list of the 50 worst invasive species -- 25 terrestrial and 25 aquatic -- affecting the west.
If nations retaliate by imposing tariffs, producers of American-made goods will suffer because they won't be able to sell their products overseas as easily.
Conservationists say it's a thinly veiled attempt to allow more grazing and drilling, similar to Trump's efforts to roll back national monument designations.