The developers of a stalled Utah oil-shale project once owned invaluable rights to 11,000 acre-feet of Green River water. But for a mere $10, they sold those rights to the operators of Utah’s Bonanza... Read Original Story
Legislation that would ban uranium mining near the Grand Canyon will go before a Senate committee Thursday.
But the bill’s fate is still up in the air.
Polls show that a majority of Arizona residents... Read Original Story
Grand Canyon National Park and its surrounding areas encompass some of the world’s natural treasures. As one of the seven wonders of the world, the Grand Canyon National Park is more than 1,000,000... Read Original Story
Roberto Nutlouis says residents of Navajo Nation communities directly hurt by the closure of a huge coal-fired power plant near Page deserve a just and equitable transition from the coal industry,... Read Original Story
DENVER (AP) • For National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Arnold, it was a moment he’d been dreading. Bare-legged in sandals, he was pulling in a net in a shallow backwater of the lower... Read Original Story
Jim Enote is a Zuni tribal member, CEO of the Colorado Plateau Foundation and Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Grand Canyon Trust. He is also a scientist, writer and farmer. He’ll join us today... Read Original Story
A Native American community neighboring the only operating uranium mill in the U.S. is hoping a new study will answer longstanding questions about whether it is affecting their health.
Members of the... Read Original Story
Pinyon jays are sky blue birds that live in large flocks in the pinyon-juniper woodlands of the Colorado Plateau. They are not officially endangered, but their populations have plummeted in the last... Read Original Story
