The USSR-built Plokštinė Missile Base once housed nuclear missiles aimed at Western Europe. Abandoned in the late 1970s, it’s ...

A group that attempted to claim ownership of 1,460 acres of national forest land in Colorado by fencing it off with barbed wire last month is being sued by the United States government.

Back during the ranching days in Evergreen, Colorado, a barbed wire fence was an important tool for ranchers to make sure their property was safe. But now that it's open space, they are no longer ...

Old barbed wire fences are a major hindrance, and a leading cause of death, for elk and other wildlife in the West. Conservation groups and critter organizations have long worked to remove these ...

Although barbed wire interrupted the expansive pastures and farm ground of the High Plains, it also brought a semblance of order to property ownership and opened new doors for agricultural ...

Research was conducted by Oklahoma State University to examine the effects of grassland fires on barbed wire, he said. The study examined Class 1, 12 1/2-gauge, double-strand barbed wire.

Over the past few decades, the barbed-wire market has been shrinking because of falling demand, rising steel prices and the fact that almost 700 acres of Western sod are sectioned off, subdivided ...

The museum also has examples of barbed wire from around the world, and one unique exhibit--a 72-pound nest built by crows from pieces of discarded wire. It was found in the 1960s in Greeley County ...