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Arizona Warm Fire 10 Years Later: A Cautionary Tale

Source: Fronteras Desk

News|June 7, 2016

BY LAUREL MORALES June 8, 2016, marks 10 years since the Warm Fire sparked controversy north of the Grand Canyon. Fire managers decided to manage the blaze to get rid of dense fuels. But days later... Read Original Story

Commercial development moves forward in Tusayan

Source: Grand Canyon News

News|June 7, 2016

BY LORETTA YERIAN TUSAYAN, Ariz. - On June 1, the town of Tusayan and Stilo Development Group U.S.A. reached an agreement that allows both entities to move forward with commercial development and... Read Original Story

Tim Peterson

A major Native American site is being looted. Will Obama risk armed confrontation to save it?

Source: Washington Post

News|June 5, 2016

BY JULIET EILPERIN For centuries, humans have used the red sandstone canyons here as a way to mark their existence. First came archaic hunter-gatherers who worked in Glen Canyon Linear, a crude... Read Original Story

A cry for restraint

Source: Moab Sun News

News|June 2, 2016

BY BROOKE LARSEN On May 17, I walked into a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) auction at the Salt Lake City Public Library with fellow organizers of Uplift, a climate action community for the Colorado... Read Original Story

Monument plan a grass-roots movement, supporters say

Source: Salt Lake Tribune

News|June 2, 2016

BY BRIAN MAFFLY A century of abuses followed the tribe's return to a reservation straddling the Four Corners, but for generations a beacon of hope jutted up on the northern horizon, according to... Read Original Story

Tim Peterson

Fight Over Bears Ears National Monument: Now Featuring Forged Federal Documents!

Source: Phoenix New Times

News|June 1, 2016

BY MIRIAM WASSER Just north of the Arizona border in San Juan County, Utah, copies of phony documents have been turning up at gas stations and post offices, aimed at local Native American tribes. The... Read Original Story

Amanda Voisard

Utah Sheriffs Threaten To Arrest Rangers If They Try To Close Public Lands

Source: NPR

News|May 31, 2016

BY KIRK SIEGLER Even with Cliven Bundy and many of his militia supporters in jail, anger toward the federal government is still running high in some parts of the West. Clashes between ranchers and... Read Original Story

Push on to protect Bears Ears

Source: Grand Junction Sentinel

News|May 28, 2016

BY GARY HARMON Five tribes whose ancestors once hunted the canyon country of eastern Utah, who their descendants say still haunt those rocks, have joined forces with unlikely allies in urging a new... Read Original Story

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