Editor's note: The following is a recent letter from Collin Smith, an aspiring geologist, to the Bureau of Land Management in Utah. He said he was happy to share it with us because the federal agency... Read Original Story
BY JIM MIMIAGA
Despite less than perfect rangeland conditions on Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, cattle grazing is still a legitimate use if managed carefully, monument officials say... Read Original Story
BY AMY JOI O'DONOGHUE
A coalition of environmental groups is asking Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes to declare a pending $53 million loan for an Oakland export shipping port illegal, asserting that... Read Original Story
BY BRIAN MAFFLY
Utah's proposed $53 million investment in an Oakland, Calif., export terminal is a flagrant abuse of community-impact funds that not only violates federal and state law, but will also... Read Original Story
BY MALCOLM LEHI AND WILLIE GRAYEYES
For more than five years, Native Nations, including the Hopi, Navajo, Uintah and Ouray Ute, Ute Mountain Ute and Zuni, and grassroots Native American communities... Read Original Story
BY MIRIAM WASSER
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has rejected a plea from the Navajo Nation for assistance in dealing with the fallout from the August 5 Gold King Mine spill that sent more... Read Original Story
BY KEVIN MORIARTY AND KATHERINE LOCKE
Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-Tucson) and tribal leaders want to preserve and restore 1.7 million acres of public and private lands surrounding Grand... Read Original Story
BY RUBY MELLEN
A group of Native American tribes wants 1.9 million acres in southeastern Utah to become the 20th national monument that President Barack Obama designates.
Leaders of the Bears Ears... Read Original Story
