BY RON DUNGAN
A wet winter and increased groundwater flow have raised water levels at the Canyon uranium mine near the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, stirring concerns among... Read Original Story
BY JOHN D. LESHYAND MARK SQUILLACE
The heart of the Antiquities Act of 1906 is a mere two sentences. But a good argument can be made that this brief law — which authorizes the president to protect “... Read Original Story
BY HEIDI MCINTOSH
The ink was barely dry on President Barack Obama’s proclamation creating Bears Ears National Monument in southern Utah when it came under attack from Utah’s congressional delegation... Read Original Story
BY ROBERT D. ROSENBAUM
Critics of national monuments created by President Obama — particularly the Bears Ears monument in Utah — have long argued that President Trump should revoke Obama’s orders... Read Original Story
BY JULIET EILPERIN AND BRADY DENNIS
President Trump will take the most significant step yet in obliterating his predecessor’s environmental record Tuesday, instructing federal regulators to rewrite... Read Original Story
BY MARY O'BRIEN
Right now, our democracy and planet depend on all of us working to understand scientific information.
It all starts with a scientist (or team of scientists) asking a question. The... Read Original Story
BY DARRYL FEARS
As he prepared to travel west, Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke got a letter from a coalition of tribes in Utah on Friday. The group had filled the seats on a commission to... Read Original Story
By Tom Heap
The Bears Ears are two mountains in the south east corner of Utah that, along with the surrounding area, were designated a National Monument by President Obama at the end of 2016. In... Read Original Story