One of the nation’s most popular parks invites visitors to ride the bus
Larry Warren
Posted inJune 21, 1999: The disappearing farm
Rural Utah braces for a latter-day plague
These crickets and hoppers eat anything in front of them
Posted inOctober 28, 1996: Has big money doomed direct democracy?
Utah counties bulldoze the BLM, Park Service
A flurry of bulldozing in three southern Utah counties has led to one arrest, federal lawsuits and miles of newly improved roadways through wilderness study areas and the new Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The bulldozing, ordered by county commissioners in San Juan, Garfield and Kane counties, is the most serious challenge yet to federal land […]
Posted inOctober 14, 1996: Greens prune their message to win the West's voters
Utah ranch to remain whole
The historic Dugout Ranch bordering Canyonlands National Park in southeast Utah will be purchased by The Nature Conservancy to prevent its possible development into recreational properties. The Conservancy has a one-year option on the ranch and will need to raise $4.62 million in the next year to complete the transaction. The ranch, northwest of Monticello, […]
Posted inOctober 14, 1996: Greens prune their message to win the West's voters
Utah: A liberal wilderness lover may prevail
Until Enid Greene Waldholtz’s nationally televised five-hour cry-a-thon about her no-good husband Joe, Utah’s 2nd Congressional District race didn’t look to be the battleground it’s become. But when Republican Waldholtz dropped out of her re-election race because of the soap opera-like disintegration of her marriage, it opened the door for one of Utah’s most colorful […]
Posted inApril 15, 1996: Raising a ranch from the dead
Stirring things up on the Colorado River
As a media event, the Grand Canyon spring flood of “96 was a roaring success. On cue from the Today Show, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt turned a wheel, pushed a button, pulled a lever and opened the first of four jet tubes to send Lake Powell water downstream into the Grand Canyon. Whether the flood […]
Posted inMay 15, 1995: Dog and pony show about salmon and owls
Critics attack a snow job in Utah
Even though Salt Lake City is nearing the end of a four-year, privately financed, $7 million quest to host the Winter Olympic Games for 2002, the subject has barely surfaced in Utah. Yet a decision is imminent: On June 16 the International Olympic Committee will select from four cities, and Salt Lake and Quebec appear […]
Posted inOctober 31, 1994: Water for the taking
Utah vandalism includes spiked trees
In late September a nervous-sounding caller warned a secretary in the Fish Lake National Forest office in Richfield, Utah, that the Deep Creek timber sale had been spiked. The 66-acre sale northwest of Capitol Reef National Park hadn’t generated much controversy, but loggers who inspected after the phone call said they found many metal spikes. […]
Posted inMay 30, 1994: Can mining come clean?
Utah’s wildlife division is gutshot
The phone to Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources can sometimes ring three dozen times before it’s picked up. Some of the offices are now empty, and the biologists who worked in them are gone. “We’re all walking around here paranoid, wondering who’s next,” mutters a biologist well into his second decade on the job. “Everybody’s […]
Posted inSeptember 20, 1993: Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get out
Two Utah counties flee water project
Two Utah counties, frustrated with the cost of the Central Utah Project, decide to pull out. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Two Utah counties flee water project.
Posted inJune 14, 1993: Oregon's Trojan horse
Incineration plans burn up some Utahns
The Army defends its plans to incinerate chemical weapons stockpiles. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Incineration plans burn up some Utahns.
Posted inApril 19, 1993: Clinton flinches under western pressure
Chevron takes aim at Uintas
Chevron’s widened search for oil into the Uinta mountains threatens the entire range. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Chevron takes aim at Uintas.
Posted inFebruary 22, 1993: The continuing saga of New Mexico's Gray Ranch
Predator control in Utah is attacked
ADC comes under fire in Utah after predators are killed illegally. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Predator control in Utah is attacked.