The U.S. Forest Service is proposing changes to their environmental review process, which has many conservation groups locally and across the country worried about future project impacts to federal... Read Original Story
Utah is home to some of the most diverse native bee populations in the nation with 1,128 recorded in the state. These species pollinate flowers and plants essential to our native ecosystems. But some... Read Original Story
Flagstaff, Ariz. — Snow swamped mountains across the U.S. West last winter, leaving enough to thrill skiers into the summer, swelling rivers and streams when it melted, and largely making wildfire... Read Original Story
This is part II of our Grand Canyon Centennial series.
The Havasupai Tribe is one of 11 Native American tribes that are traditionally affiliated with the Grand Canyon National Park. They’ve been... Read Original Story
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday announced that it would change the way the Endangered Species Act is applied, significantly weakening the nation’s bedrock conservation law and making... Read Original Story
When Patrick Cruz’s ancestors carved honeycombed dwellings into the canyons of what’s now New Mexico’s Bandelier National Monument, the land looked very different than it does today. Biocrusts —... Read Original Story
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to expand its list of projects that don’t require environmental review. The agency says the change is needed to make forest restoration among other things more... Read Original Story
Clouds had gathered — puffy and dark, pregnant with precipitation — yet the oppressive heat persisted, just as it had the previous few days in Flagstaff. Locals looked skyward, longingly, waiting for... Read Original Story
