Research finds they are referred to law enforcement and arrested more than any other group.
Utah
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The taxpayer money that fuels federal land transfer demands
How the behind-the-scenes lobby group American Lands Council gets funding.
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Utah vastly overstating future water shortages
State projections downplayed what conservation and agriculture can provide.
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Recapture Canyon protesters found guilty in Utah
County commissioner and co-defendant face up to a year in jail for illegal ATV ride.
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Hundreds of lapsed permits found on Forest Service land
Expired water permit for Nestlé draws attention to flawed federal supervision.
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State bills to study federal-to-state land transfers
A rundown of the legislation in each state and a look into the motives behind them.
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A Latino sportsman talks with the BLM’s Utah director
Juan Palma discusses states’ rights, landscape-scale planning and how personal history affects public decisions.
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Utah’s ‘Grand Bargain’ for public lands enters phase three
Bishop pushes what may be the West’s biggest reshuffle of the land checkerboard.
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Federal public land transfers get a Congressional boost
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and a majority of her colleagues signal support for the pro-transfer movement.
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Supreme Court wrestles with air-pollution rule
Should the EPA have considered how expensive the new regs would be for operators?
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Drought persists in the Northwest, despite winter rains
Water supplies and drought outlooks are grim in most Western states.
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Early start to wildfire season
Blazes in California and Utah have officials on alert, but what they spell for the coming season is unclear.
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Utah bill aims to force an end to the land transfer debate
Plus, a roundup of federal-to-state land transfer battles across the West.
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Chainsaw diplomacy
In southern Utah’s Escalante watershed, a river restoration group tries to cut through old cultural barriers.
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A recent history of land management in the Escalante region
A monumental tug of war.
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Pale hope in a dreary place
Review of ‘Pale Harvest’ by Braden Hepner.
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Why we risked getting arrested in Utah
Twenty-five people who took direct action last summer to stop a tar sands strip mine on Utah’s East Tavaputs Plateau accepted plea deals on Jan. 25 to avoid more serious charges such as “felony riot.” We took the risk of going to prison in the first place because we felt we’d become the last line […]
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Utah burn ban ignites outrage over ‘basic freedoms’
The right to burn versus the right to breathe.
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Bison, cows and rabbits square off on Utah range
Study says jackrabbits, not bison, are cattle’s main competitors in the Henry Mountains.
