Tourism at Utah’s national parks and monuments fed more than $1 billion into the local economies in 2017, according to report issued Thursday by the National Park Service.
A combined 15.2 million... Read Original Story
In the beginning, the Earth was without form and void, and darkness ruled. Ute storyteller Larry Cesspooch agrees the biblical book of Genesis got that much right.
But for Cesspooch and other... Read Original Story
The National Park Service on Thursday unveiled a new plan to hike entrance fees at national parks with more modest increases than the ones it proposed last fall.
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A Utah judge has summarily shot down the first of three lawsuits filed by the environmental group Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance claiming county commissions violated open meeting requirements when... Read Original Story
Any time that the Arizona Legislature is in session, renewable energy is bound to be in the news.
But not because the Republican majority and governor support it. Despite representing one of the... Read Original Story
In October of 2017, the Grand Canyon Trust took 12 Flagstaff artists to the far-reaching northern rim of the Grand Canyon, to a small ex-Mormon ranch. Quiet and isolated within House Rock Valley,... Read Original Story
Should a national monument encourage visitation to its grand attractions with paved roads and restrooms, or should federal managers seek to preserve the lands in their natural state?
That is among... Read Original Story
The antidote to inaction on environmental issues, according to Jane Goodall, is hope.
Goodall, the scientist, conservationist and activist known for her research on chimpanzee behavior, made a stop... Read Original Story
