BY TOM MARTIN
Nearly 145 million acres of land are at a high risk of catastrophic wildfire across the West thanks to the overwhelming insect epidemic, drought, decades of fire suppression and years... Read Original Story
BY STEPHEN TRIMBLE
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke plans to advise President Trump to shrink Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument to a scatter of isolated sites. The secretary’s recommendation,... Read Original Story
BY MOLLY MARCELLO
The White Mesa Uranium Mill in San Juan County is seeking a new license and job contract this month through Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). The permitting process... Read Original Story
BY ROBINSON MEYER
In the final days of 2016, President Barack Obama made a final addition to the conserved lands of the United States.
He brought Bears Ears National Monument into existence,... Read Original Story
BY BRIAN MAFFLY AND THOMAS BURR
In his initial report on Bears Ears National Monument, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is urging the White House to reduce its size to focus on discreet "objects of... Read Original Story
BY BILL HEDDEN
There is a sharp contrast between the intense public debate that preceded President Obama’s designation of the Bears Ears National Monument and President Clinton’s stealth designation... Read Original Story
BY JAKE BULLINGER
If Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke decides to revoke its status, it would be the latest example of the federal government setting aside land in conjunction with tribes, only to break... Read Original Story
BY BRIAN MAFFLY
The Obama administration pointedly excluded the White Canyon uranium district from the Bears Ears National Monument, disappointing the tribes that proposed the monument and... Read Original Story
