Grand Canyon, one of the busiest national parks in the country, has a surprisingly complex—and precarious—method of supplying water to its most popular spots. Millions of visitors (plus 2,500 year-... Read Original Story
The Bears Ears region is a place held sacred to Native people across the Colorado Plateau. It’s also a place that has a complicated history with Western archaeologists, who at times harmed cultural... Read Original Story
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a measure to restore regulation of emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, a move Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called a "big deal" in... Read Original Story
Vandals defaced petroglyphs on a boulder known as Birthing Rock along Kane Creek road outside Moab overnight, scratching "White Power" and obscenities over the 1,000-year-old carvings.
The Bureau of... Read Original Story
We are among the Women of Bears Ears — Indigenous women who support our families and communities in the protections of ancestral lands. We come from Diné, Nuche, Pueblo and other allied Native... Read Original Story
Cedar Mesa • If you arrive at the South Fork Mule Canyon trailhead early enough on an April morning that a light frost is still visible on the soil, you’d hardly know it’s one of the most popular... Read Original Story
The water level of Lake Mead, the country’s largest reservoir, has dropped more than 130 feet since the beginning of 2000, when the lake’s surface lapped at the spillway gates on Hoover Dam.
Twenty-... Read Original Story
The iconic Desert View Watchtower at Grand Canyon National Park will soon be the home of the Park Service’s first Inter-Tribal Cultural Heritage Site. The project is a collaboration between the Park... Read Original Story