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Amanda Voisard

Grand Canyon threatened despite win against developers, conservationists say

Source: The Guardian

News|March 13, 2016

BY JOANNA WALTERS Plans for a huge commercial development that would transform a tiny town near the edge of the Grand Canyon have been thrown out by federal officials in a surprise victory for... Read Original Story

Tim Peterson

Remote Utah Enclave Becomes New Battleground Over Reach of U.S. Control

Source: New York Times

News|March 12, 2016

BY JACK HEALY SAN JUAN COUNTY, Utah — The juniper mesas and sunset-red canyons in this corner of southern Utah are so remote that even the governor says he has probably only seen them from the window... Read Original Story

What the stroke of a president's pen has meant for region's monuments

Source: Arizona Daily Sun

News|March 10, 2016

BY EMERY COWAN What does monument status mean for a landscape? It’s a question that has spurred passionate debate since Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-AZ, introduced legislation to create a Grand Canyon... Read Original Story

Forest Service rejects Grand Canyon luxury village

Source: High Country News

News|March 9, 2016

BY KRISTA LANGLOIS If Stilo’s past record is any indication, though, this isn’t the end of the road. With 5.3 million visitors a year and growing, the Grand Canyon holds unharnessed economic... Read Original Story

Bluff locals seek to connect town to San Juan River with trails

Source: Salt Lake Tribune

News|March 9, 2016

BY BRIAN MAFFLY The San Juan River runs through a broad flood plain a half-mile south of Bluff, the southeastern Utah town that boasts its founding in the year A.D. 650 — a good 12 centuries before... Read Original Story

Confluence project inspires film

Source: Navajo-Hopi Observer

News|March 9, 2016

BY KATY LOCKE The Escalade development project, proposed by Confluence Partners LLC from Scottsdale, Arizona, is a 420-acre development along the eastern rim of the Grand Canyon, which would include... Read Original Story

U.S. Government Says 'No' to Grand Canyon Project

Source: National Geographic

News|March 7, 2016

BY BRIAN CLARK HOWARD Tusayan project gets major setback while conservationists target uranium mining and ask for national monument. The U.S. Forest Service took the unusual step last week of... Read Original Story

Utah Senate OKs fund-swapping scheme to help fund California port

Source: Salt Lake Tribune

News|March 7, 2016

BY LEE DAVIDSON The Utah Senate voted Monday to approve a fund-swapping scheme to spend $53 million in public money to help build a deep-water port in California with an eye to exporting Utah coal... Read Original Story

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