Category: DC Dispatch

The Navajo Nation and communities along the haul route oppose uranium transport from Grand Canyon region mine.

Developer’s attempt to dam a canyon near the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers halted.
A new federal policy requiring tribal consent for dams on tribal lands is a historic victory for tribal sovereignty across the United States.
Currently, developers don’t have to get permission from tribes when applying for dam permits on tribal lands.
The federal government will determine if the charismatic blue bird should be listed as threatened or endangered.
New dams proposed near Kayenta would pump water from the Colorado River, San Juan River, or local aquifers.
Today, President Biden signed proclamations restoring Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
It’s time for President Biden to act on Secretary Haaland’s recommendations and restore Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
Secretary Haaland recently wrapped up a visit to southern Utah where she listened to all perspectives on the question of national monuments.
The national monuments debate continues as Deb Haaland, now at the helm of the Interior Department, heads to Utah for a visit.
What’s in store for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in the Biden administration.
Your say in federal projects that affect your health and community is on the line.
As the battle to protect the Grand Canyon from uranium mining heats up, two bills are fighting back in Congress.
Utah wants to open its national forests to logging, including the top stair of the Grand Staircase.
The public has until January 28 to comment on an Interior Department plan to limit information released to the public in response to Freedom of Information Act requests.
What is the Forest Service thinking about changing, why, and what will it mean for your national forests?
Uranium quotas would effectively force the U.S. nuclear power industry to purchase more uranium mined from U.S. public lands.
Dig into the true price of mining coal on federal public lands.
Anti-monument Utah politicians can’t have it both ways. Say what you will in the court of public opinion; in the court of law, you’re legally bound to tell the truth.
The question remains — why can’t the public read the secretary’s recommendations?
The president may discover monuments to be yet another subject that is more complicated than he imagined.
President Trump has launched an assault on one of America’s most popular ideas — national monuments.