Photos: Riders do annual roundup of Utah bison herd
Riders on horseback are nudging bison on Utah’s Antelope Island in an annual roundup of one of the country’s largest and oldest public herds. Utah State Parks workers kicked off the roundup, now in...
View ArticleWhat does an Obama monument look like? New Mexico town provides a clue to...
uesta, N.M. • If there’s one thing Bobby Ortega has learned through the years, it’s that federal proposals to improve land management usually end up complicating things. So he was `a little nervous...
View Article'Coal is not dead': University of Utah announces effort to turn state rock...
Many see coal as an energy source of the past, one that has outlived its usefulness, but scientists wonder whether the carbon-rich rock, blamed for many environmental ills, could be tapped for...
View ArticleJudge overrules feds' refusal to list as endangered Utah wildflowers that...
A federal judge intends to vacate a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to not list two rare desert wildflowers whose range overlaps with Utah’s rich oil shale deposits in Uintah County....
View ArticleKennecott to decommission 3 of 4 Magna coal-fired power units
Rio Tinto Kennecott will shut down three of its four coal-fired power-generation units in Magna after closing a deal to purchase power from Rocky Mountain Power. Kyle Bennett, a spokesman for...
View ArticleFeds, Utahns worry that Oregon standoff verdicts will set violent tone for...
Thursday’s acquittals in the Malheur occupation, while greeted with jubilation by supporters of the Bundy clan, have conservationists and federal land managers fearful that the response will be...
View ArticleClock is ticking on Emigration Canyon's 'Owl Meadow'
The campaign to save Emigration Canyon’s “Owl Meadow” is now in the hands of the Salt Lake County Council, which is set Tuesday to consider a $250,000 grant request tapping the county’s Open Space...
View ArticleUtah activists stand in solidarity with American Indians opposing Dakota...
More than 100 protesters packed into the lobby of a downtown Salt Lake City bank building Monday morning, speaking out against an oil pipeline under construction between the North Dakota oil fields...
View Article'Ominous' signs pointing to a dry winter for Utah
Utah’s water supply is feeling the heat — literally — as it enters the snow accumulation season. October temperatures averaged 5.3 degrees higher than normal, said Brian McInerney, a hydrologist for...
View ArticleAs beetles ravage Western forests, the ancient bristlecone remains unscathed
The bristlecone pine is not only the world’s longest-lived organism, but it is also virtually immune to the pine beetle attacks that are decimating conifer forests around the West, according to new...
View ArticleCanadian will pay fine for wakeboarding on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats
Two members of a Canadian lifestyle group will be banned from America’s public lands and will have to pay thousands in fines for their antics in national parks and on Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats....
View ArticleCottonwood canyon users united in love of forest, but split on idea of a fee
For University of Utah student Christopher Mertin, Salt Lake County’s Cottonwood Canyons are a relief valve, allowing students and other cash-strapped nature lovers to recharge their batteries —...
View ArticleRocky Mountain Power could charge solar households more through new rate...
Solar industry leaders and advocates are gearing up to fight Rocky Mountain Power’s latest proposal — a new methodology for calculating, and raising, net-metering customers’ electric bills. Under the...
View ArticleEnergy company looking to strike oil on Bears Ears' doorstep
Energy developers are seeking to drill three exploratory wells inside the proposed Bears Ears National Monument in search of hydrocarbon riches on both state and federal lands a few miles northeast of...
View ArticleIf Obama declares a Bears Ears monument in Utah, could President-elect Trump...
As his presidential tenure winds down in the coming weeks, Barack Obama is expected to decide whether to designate some proposed national monuments, including Bears Ears in Utah and two others on...
View ArticleSoutheastern Utah tribe worries about contamination
White Mesa • Concerns about possible water contamination have some residents of a remote Utah town considering relocation. Data suggest that an aquifer located below the White Mesa uranium mill...
View ArticleUtah counties seeking to give money to restore busted Colorado swinging bridge
Two years ago, a wayward ranch hand drove a tractor onto the historic suspension bridge crossing the Green River at Browns Park. His journey to the other side was cut short when the overweight vehicle...
View ArticleAs first snow flies, SLC hits heat records
Salt Lake City residents may have awoken to a skiff of snow on the ground this morning, but last night the city set two new heat records. Though snow fell, the temperature in Salt Lake City never hit...
View ArticleUtah lawmakers: Time to take 'training wheels' off booming solar industry,...
Green energy tax credits could be up for a fight in the coming legislative session. A proposal to extend tax credits for electric and other alternative-fuel vehicles garnered a favorable...
View ArticleUtah activist, author appeals BLM's rejection of oil and gas leases
Utah author Terry Tempest Williams wants another shot at breaking into the energy exploration business. She and her husband, Brooke, on Thursday filed a petition with the federal Interior Board of...
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