This year will mark the centennial of Grand Canyon National Park.
Although it’s hard to believe now, the Grand Canyon’s status as a national park wasn’t a given. Indiana Sen. Benjamin Harrison... Read Original Story
Water is hardly the only substance Glen Canyon Dam holds back.
When Lake Powell’s water passes through the dam’s hydropower turbines, it comes out the other side clear and cold, completely different... Read Original Story
On a rise with a sweeping view of the Indian Creek valley in southern Utah, skirts of red earth unfurling for kilometers in all directions, Adam Huttenlocker crouches to examine a knee-high nub of... Read Original Story
On the eastern end of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, narrow slot canyons shoot through the rocks in shades of terra-cotta red and pale peach. To the west stand surreal rock spires, the... Read Original Story
Some of Roger Clark’s earliest childhood memories are of ranger talks at Grand Canyon, where he learned about ring-tailed cats and the history of the ancient gorge.
“All that made a difference in who... Read Original Story
A federal judge is allowing the state of Utah and San Juan, Garfield and Kane counties to intervene in a series of lawsuits challenging President Trump’s decision to shrink the Bears Ears and Grand... Read Original Story
A nonprofit is launching a new fundraising campaign aimed at helping national parks recover after the current partial government shutdown ends.
The National Park Foundation, a congressionally... Read Original Story
In Southern Utah, there is a patch of desert heated by infrared lamps. The lamps hang just above the plants and soil crusts commonly found in this desert surrounding Moab. These lamps help scientists... Read Original Story
