Scientists are calling it a "mega-drought" brought on by climate change.
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map shows large areas of the Southwest are "exceptionally dry," the worst category.
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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Wednesday submitted her much-anticipated report to the White House, detailing her recommendations for Utah’s two national monuments that then-President Donald Trump... Read Original Story
A new study from Northern Arizona University looks at the long-term effects of restoring a forest with mechanical thinning and prescribed burns. The news is good: treated forests are healthier and... Read Original Story
Energy developers and uranium miners want to drill and mine on land that used to be part of Bears Ears National Monument, even as President Joe Biden is reviewing the monument for expansion.
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U.S. nuclear regulators are considering a licensing change proposed by a uranium company that would clear the way for 1 million cubic yards of waste to be transferred from a mining area in western... Read Original Story
As the grip of drought tightens around the West, Utahns are being urged to use less water and be extra careful to avoid triggering wildfires in the foothills and mountains, which will soon be ripe... Read Original Story
In late April, at the site known as Birthing Rock near Moab, Utah, vandals defaced thousand-year-old petroglyphs, scrawling the words “white power” and other obscene graffiti, including an... Read Original Story
There are many lessons to be learned from the pandemic, a relentless virus that in its wake exposed stark inequalities in our nation. Neighborhoods in Colorado with the worst pollution, poor public... Read Original Story