Rep. Grijalva and 16 other Democrats introduced the Grand Canyon Protection Act Monday in the U.S. House of Representatives. It’s similar to other attempts to withdraw more than a million acres... Read Original Story
Democratic leaders are opting to bring a sweeping public lands package to the House floor in the first 100 days of the Biden administration.
Sandwiched for consideration between a massive COVID-19... Read Original Story
Nearly a century ago, the U.S. faced unemployment at 25% and environmental woes such as flooding along major rivers and extensive deforestation. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt decided to tackle... Read Original Story
If there were any doubts that the climate is changing in the Colorado River Basin, 2020 went a long way toward dispelling them, thanks to yet another year of extreme weather.
Unprecedented wildfires... Read Original Story
We local elected officials on the Colorado Plateau have been scratching our heads in recent days as we witness attention given to the Utah politicians who oppose restoration of the Bears Ears... Read Original Story
A 61% majority of voters across Colorado and seven other western states are more worried than hopeful about nature, pointing to climate change impacts, and 57% plan to get outdoors more often when... Read Original Story
Sand is an important resource in the Grand Canyon. It creates campsites for river runners, protects archeological sites, and provides wildlife habitat. But stretches of bare sand have vanished since... Read Original Story
Mere hours afer being sworn in on January 20th, President Biden signed a sweeping executive order dealing with a host of public health and environmental issues. You may have heard about one of them:... Read Original Story
