BY BRANDON LOOMIS
Arizona conservationists are lamenting President Barack Obama’s apparent decision to not create a national monument on federal land surrounding Grand Canyon National Park. Read Original Story
BY ERIN FORD
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — In 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution mandating safe water a fundamental human right. In the United States, the world’s richest... Read Original Story
BY AIMEE COBABE
With the new designation of a Bears Ears National Monument, many are wondering what comes next?
According to Bob Keiter, professor of law at the University of Utah and expert on... Read Original Story
BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD
SOME OF the most spectacular scenery in the world lies in southern Utah, a wonderland of rust-red rock shaped by channels of cool water, punctuated by craggy buttes and Native... Read Original Story
BY ROBINSON MEYER
When historians go searching for the encapsulating symbol of President Obama’s environmental legacy—and all the idealism and ire that accompanied it—they need look no further than... Read Original Story
BY JULIET EILPERIN AND BRADY DENNIS
President Obama on Wednesday created new national monuments in a sacred tribal site in southeastern Utah and in a swath of Nevada desert, after years of political... Read Original Story
BY WILLIAM YARDLEY
Further burnishing his environmental legacy, President Obama on Wednesday designated two new national monuments in rugged areas of Utah and Nevada — places that have deep cultural... Read Original Story
BY STEPHEN TRIMBLE
President Obama deserves our gratitude for designating the rich natural and cultural treasure of the Bears Ears region in southeastern Utah as a national monument. He had to think... Read Original Story
