The La Sal Mountains rise like ungainly totems above the red rock desert outside Moab, Utah. From afar the forested slopes and barren, rock-strewn peaks have none of the splendor of nearby Arches or... Read Original Story
A meeting between an Interior Department official and a company tied to mineral interests in the Bears Ears National Monument area — almost a month before President Donald Trump requested a review... Read Original Story
How does an award-winning, collaborative, 10-year restoration project for Utah’s state tree – the aspen – suddenly get dissed as a project that would be more successful if only more roads could be... Read Original Story
GRAND CANYON – Rep. Raúl Grijalva’s bill enacting a permanent ban on uranium mining drew praise this week from Havasupai leaders and criticism from the mining industry, as well as from a Republican... Read Original Story
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has submitted his highly anticipated petition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeking a rollback of restrictions on road building and logging on much of the state’s 4.2... Read Original Story
At its Feb. 26 meeting, the Flagstaff city council reaffirmed its support of a resolution originally passed in 2010 that states the city supports a ban on uranium mining in the vicinity of the Grand... Read Original Story
One hundred years ago today, Americans celebrated protecting the Grand Canyon as a national park. But for Native Americans, the redrawn boundaries excluded them from ancient hunting grounds and... Read Original Story
Grand Canyon National Park has always been at the center of a tug-of-war between preservation and profit.
Theodore Roosevelt in the early 1900s advocated for protection of the Arizona canyon, saying... Read Original Story
