'We are the stewards of the land here': Southern Utah residents rally against...
Monticello • A dozen state and county leaders gathered in Monticello on Thursday morning to decry a monument designation they said was made from the sandy shores of Maui by a president who mistook his...
View ArticleSeparating fact from fiction in Bears Ears debate
<freeform> <strong>Claim • </strong>Polls show an overwhelming majority of Utahns opposed creation of a Bears Ears National Monument....
View ArticleUtah's Zion National Park so popular that even 'offseason' has gridlock
Even by Utah standards, few things are as beautiful as snow on redrock, especially in Zion Canyon where visitors can take in this lovely sight this week in the stillness of winter — if they can get...
View ArticleBears Ears backers say work is needed to ensure designation results in...
A few miles from Bluff • A 20-minute walk from an unmarked trailhead on Butler Wash Road sits one of many ancient dwellings in the small canyons that wind through the vertebra of the spine-like Comb...
View ArticleLyman Family Farm blocks road to popular part of new Bears Ears monument in Utah
The new owner of land outside Bluff has blocked a route the public commonly uses to get to Utah’s Comb Ridge — an area long popular with nearby residents that just became part of a new national...
View ArticleProdded by a federal judge, Bureau of Land Management approves stalled...
Spurred by a federal judge, the Bureau of Land Management has issued permits allowing drilling on Utah’s West Tavaputs Plateau — after a Houston energy firm complained the agency’s insistence on...
View ArticleBureau of Land Management begins busy season of horse roundups in Utah
Federal land managers are embarking on the busiest wild horse roundup season in years for Utah. Helicopter-assisted wranglers will gather around 1,500 horses this winter from three herds in the West...
View ArticleUtah's top court wades into waterway fight
A controversial law limiting public access to streams came under scrutiny by the Utah Supreme Court on Monday as justices weighed whether the Public Waters Access Act violates the state constitution....
View ArticleUtah guv pushes back on Black Diamond exec's call for Outdoor Retailer...
As a top recreation-industry executive called Tuesday for the Outdoor Retailer show to leave Salt Lake City, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert sought to push back against his critiques of state land policy. On...
View ArticleUtah environmentalists file suit against Discovery Channel's Diesel Brothers
A local environmental group has made good on its threat to sue the TV personalities known as the Diesel Brothers. Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment is claiming in a federal lawsuit filed...
View ArticleZion closes 2 hiking trails amid rain, snow and rock slides
Zion National Park officials say rain and snow have closed parts of two trails because they’re unsafe for hikers. Rangers in Southern Utah said Wednesday that Lower Emerald Pool Trail has been blocked...
View ArticleHealth warning issued on some Utah-caught fish
State officials are warning residents against eating fish caught at three Utah locations — Big Sand Wash Reservoir, Millsite Reservoir and Pineview Reservoir. According to the Department of...
View ArticlePark City to buy, preserve 1,350-acre Bonanza Flats -- for $38 million
Park City officials on Thursday announced a $38 million deal to buy and preserve Bonanza Flats, a 1,350-acre parcel rich in scenery, wildlife and wildflowers under Guardsman Pass that has long been...
View ArticleGroups donate $1.5M to Bears Ears 'engagement' fund
Philanthropic groups, including movie star Leonardo DiCaprio’s foundation, have seeded a fund aimed at building “community engagement” with the new Bears National Monument in southeast Utah. The...
View ArticleBLM proposes oil-drilling leases near Zion National Park
No oil and gas leases have been issued on public lands in Washington County for a decade, but that could change June 15 when the Bureau of Land Management proposes to auction two parcels just west of...
View ArticleUtah's 2017 resolution: A plan for cleaner air
Utah faces a host of environmental challenges in 2017, but state officials say they are making one their top priority: air quality. The state may need new initiatives for reducing levels of...
View ArticleActivists: Expect small steps on Utah air quality
State lawmakers have thus far proposed few air-quality measures for their upcoming session — and activists on the issue say that may not be such a bad thing. As the Jan. 23 opening of the 2017 Utah...
View ArticleAlberty: Experiencing Bears Ears through the eyes of a woman who lived there
<freeform><i>Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is launching a new outdoor column today. Read Erin Alberty’s take on the state’s vast outdoor recreation opportunities...
View ArticleUtah not ready to sign off on a Bears Ears lands swap
Utah officials are in no hurry to trade dozens of state school trust land parcels in the new Bears Ears National Monument for federal lands elsewhere. While the Utah School and Institutional Trust...
View ArticleEnvironmental group sues Utah over pollution records
A regional environmental group has sued the Utah Division of Air Quality (DAQ) to obtain pollution-compliance records it says the agency has improperly withheld. Western Resource Advocates says it...
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