Land grab or land rights? Utah eyes millions of acres of public terrain.
At stake is control of public lands in Western states, and conservationists fear increased efforts to roll back protections ...
Will Trump's reelection mean déjà vu for Utah's national monuments? Those who live near them are bracing for another battle.
The Salt Lake Tribune examines the shifting political landscape and its effect on Utah's Bear Ears and Grand ...
Utah lawmaker wants presidential monument creation nixed
In 1996, President Bill Clinton created the Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument with pen and paper at a table in neighboring ...
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Wilderness, The Last Frontier
There is a shrinking potential to increase the amount of official wilderness in the country. The possibilities are waning ...
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Supreme Court rejects Utah's push to wrest control of public land from the federal government
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Bureau of Land Management land use for recreation in southern Utah near Kanab Needles Overlook run by the BLM near Canyonlands National Park south of Moab ...
'America's balance sheet': Will Trump open public lands to new uses and ease protections?
Doug Burgum, incoming President Donald Trump’s pick for Interior Secretary, told Senators Thursday that the nation's federal ...
A New Bill Would Strip the President’s Power to Designate National Monuments
A new bill proposed by lawmakers from Utah and Nevada want to remove the president's ability to make or expand national ...
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More Dogs on Main: Buckle up, the Legislature is going into session
The U.S. Supreme Court blew off the Great State of Utah this week. Utah had filed a lawsuit claiming that it was unconstitutional for the feds to retain ownership of the federal land in Utah.  The ...
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Justices reject suit from Utah and Idaho’s Labrador that sought federal land transfer
Utah sought to have the case elevated to the federal Supreme Court without first wending its way through lower courts. The ...
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BLM seeks public’s input for 700 MW solar, energy storage center in Arizona
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public input for a 700 MW solar facility and battery energy storage system in ...
A New House Bill Would Erase Presidential Public Land Powers Enshrined by Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt used the broad powers of the Antiquities Act eighteen times to increase protections for places like the Arizona's Grand Canyon and Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Since then, U.S. Presidents ...