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Notes from the front lines of conservation on the Colorado Plateau.

Map by Stephanie Smith and David Vines

09/23/19

A behind-the-scenes look at the process of mapping where pinyon jays live in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

Blake McCord

09/11/19

National Monuments

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Cows in the Escalante: When A Win-Win Becomes A Lose-Lose

Putting cows back into the Escalante River would undermine the massive effort and millions of dollars already sunk into restoring the landscape.

Alicia Tsosie

09/4/19

Volunteers in Action, Native America, Rising Leaders

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The Seeds Are Growing: The Next Generation of Navajo Farmers

Navajo farmer Rose Marie Williams makes the case for putting down your phone and working your hands in the soil.

Lower Calf Creek Falls, Tom Till

08/29/19

National Monuments

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Monument Plan Opens Grand Staircase to Mining, Logging

The Trump administration sees a silver lining in opening over half a million monument acres to mining.

Blake McCord

08/27/19

Grand Canyon, Uranium

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It's Time to Close a Contaminated Uranium Mine Near the Grand Canyon

A long history of flooding in Canyon Mine near Grand Canyon National Park should prevent regulators from permitting its operation.

08/23/19

Volunteers in Action, Grazing

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Citizen Scientists Learn to "Read" Ungrazed Lands

What are signs of cattle grazing on our public lands? Volunteers find out in a three-day training.

Amy S. Martin

08/21/19

Grand Canyon, Uranium, Native America

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Support for Permanent Uranium Ban Grows

Tribes, local governments, and business owners support a permanent mining ban.

Faith Bernstein

08/15/19

Maps, Volunteers in Action, Grazing

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Cowtography: Mapping Where Cows Don’t Graze

If the map you're looking for doesn't exist, collect the data and make it yourself.

08/7/19

Native America

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11 Native-American-Owned Start-ups Who Made the Cut

Artists, solar technology entrepreneurs, and other movers-and-shakers who are making big change on tribal lands.

Deborah Lee Soltesz, Coconino National Forest

08/2/19

Forest Restoration

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Cutting the Public out of Forest Service Decisions a Big Mistake

A rule change would cut the American public out of decisions about logging, road-building, and oil and gas pipelines

Notes from the front lines of conservation on the Colorado Plateau.

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