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Tim Peterson

Montana judge ousts Trump’s temporary Bureau of Land Management director, casting doubt on range of decisions

Source: Washington Post

News|September 26, 2020

An order by the chief judge of the Montana federal court on Friday not only ousted William Perry Pendley as the top official at the Bureau of Land Management but might also invalidate a wide range of... Read Original Story

National Park Service

From hero to zero: Arizona was a leader in climate policy 15 years ago. What happened?

Source: Arizona Republic

News|September 25, 2020

On Labor Day weekend, the campgrounds and trailer parks around the Grand Canyon were quiet. With excessive heat warnings throughout the country and restrictions in place to slow the spread of a... Read Original Story

Ed Moss

Broken water pump leads to restrictions at Grand Canyon

Source: Arizona Republic

News|September 23, 2020

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Visitors to the Grand Canyon's North Rim are being asked to conserve water until a pump deep in the canyon can be fixed. Portable toilets have been set up to... Read Original Story

Rick Goldwasser

Zuni Youth Enrichment Program helps young adults rekindle cultural ties to the Grand Canyon

Source: Navajo-Hopi Observer

News|September 22, 2020

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — Even though the Zuni tribe is more than 250 miles away from the Grand Canyon, the connection remains strong — this is the reminder that Zuni leaders want the youth of their... Read Original Story

Craig Sorrenson

How beavers became North America's best firefighter

Source: National Geographic

News|September 22, 2020

The American West is ablaze with fires fueled by climate change and a century of misguided fire suppression. In California, wildfire has blackened more than three million acres; in Oregon, a once-in-... Read Original Story

Tribal Ancestral Remains, Funerary Objects Returned To Mesa Verde National Park

Source: KNAU

News|September 17, 2020

Representatives of four Southwestern tribes have reburied human remains and other objects taken in the 19th century by a European researcher. They worked with the U.S. State Department and Finnish... Read Original Story

Corey Robinson

Radioactive material from Japan is heading to San Juan County

Source: Salt Lake Tribune

News|September 16, 2020

A uranium company’s controversial request to import 2,000 drums of radioactive material from Estonia drew so many comments this summer that state regulators are still sifting through them months... Read Original Story

Shane McDermott

Navajo Nation Receives Extension To Renegotiate Lake Powell Agreement With Park Service

Source: KUER

News|September 11, 2020

Lake Powell has always been a sore spot for some Navajo people, according to Navajo Nation Council Delegate Paul Begay. He said many families lost farming and grazing land when Glen Canyon was filled... Read Original Story

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