After more than a year of Covid cabin fever, the landscapes of the west called out to cooped up Americans, who arrived in greater numbers than ever before. As a result, 2021 saw bucket-list parks –... Read Original Story
GALLUP, New Mexico — It’s an overcast, windy November day as Zachariah Ben stands tall over the small, folding table at a local flea market.
His tsiiyééł sits low on his neck and it’s clear that his... Read Original Story
Members of native tribes living in or near the Grand Canyon are calling on Congress to make a provisional ban on uranium mining near the park permanent.
A bill pending in the U.S. Senate would codify... Read Original Story
Last week, at Caesars Palace, a luxurious hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, nearly a thousand water managers, scientists, and government officials convened at the annual Colorado River Water Users... Read Original Story
Darren Smith removed the last of his climbing gear 100 feet above the ground on the red, sandstone walls near Ruin Crack in Battle of the Bulge, as Spencer Cone held a rope connected to a harness to... Read Original Story
Imagine walking along the edge of the Grand Canyon without seeing another soul. Imagine skies so clear and sharp that mountains 100 miles away are visible. Imagine a blanket of snow in the forest and... Read Original Story
After years of protesting the White Mesa uranium mill, Ute Mountain Utes and environmental groups cheered the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision last week to stop the mill from storing toxic... Read Original Story
WASHINGTON – The popular 4FRI forest maintenance program is back on track with a more focused, “more realistic approach” that appears to have government, industry and environmental officials in rare... Read Original Story
