And where to submit your comments to protect Bears Ears National Monument.
Utah
Posted inMay 29, 2017: The Cost of a Comeback
Zinke went to Bears Ears to listen, but supporters felt unheard
The Interior Secretary’s monument review is off to a complicated start.
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Interior has yet to meet with Bears Ears tribal leaders
Zinke is losing the faith of a tribal coalition as a monument review looms.
Posted inMay 1, 2017: Change Comes to Short Creek
The monkey on art’s back; Bigfoot in Idaho; Tent City’s second life
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inMay 1, 2017: Change Comes to Short Creek
What happens when the church comes for your kids?
Former FLDS members fight for their families and homes.
Posted inMay 15, 2017: Prison Town
Fact-checking Trump’s Antiquities Act order
Trump and Sen. Orrin Hatch rely on dubious claims to attack national monuments.
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Republicans shy away from town halls
Fleeing shouting matches, some politicians are changing the way they talk to constituents.
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Land transfer advocates steer their focus to monuments
A transfer movement moves to rescind monuments and weaken the Antiquities Act.
Posted inMay 1, 2017: Change Comes to Short Creek
How environmentalists could do more for Bears Ears
On issues of industrial recreation, green groups say too little.
Posted inApril 3, 2017: Firestorm
Sportsmen pull public-lands politics to the center
As threats intensify, sportsmen emerge as a persuasive voice.
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Invade, steal water: The plant spreading in Utah’s wetlands
Battling a nonnative reed to protect Great Salt Lake bird habitat.
Posted inMarch 20, 2017: The Tree Ring
Untethered existences; Tacos in traffic; movin’ on up in Seattle
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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If Colorado wants the Outdoor Retailer show, it should earn it
Big Rec wants to make a statement. Staying out of Colorado would be a strong one.
Posted inMarch 6, 2017: Uncomfortable Corners
Wait — this land is my land?
A Southerner revels in the access of Western federal lands.
Posted inMarch 6, 2017: Uncomfortable Corners
Your uncomfortable Western corners
Readers respond with unique encounters and uneasy revelations in the region.
Posted inMarch 6, 2017: Uncomfortable Corners
OR show in CO?; runaway drone; an unexpected backcountry plunge
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inApril 3, 2017: Firestorm
Have we underestimated the West’s super-floods?
Scientists warn that enormous floods may be more likely than we thought — and the Oroville Dam and others weren’t built to withstand them.
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7 things you need to know about Navajo Generating Station’s 2019 closure
The West’s coal giant is going down.
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When the power of protest works
Organized dissent helped kill Rep. Chaffetz’s public-lands transfer bill.
Posted inFebruary 20, 2017: Overdosed
Outdoor rec industry defends public lands
Utah’s delegation tries to roll back protections, riling a conservation-minded outdoors cohort.