Rolling back environmental policies would be a grievous mistake for the country “On another front, Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee has spoken out against Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s order to the Bureau of Land Management to move ahead to protect lands with wilderness qualities. The mandate overturns a deal made...

Utah politicians don't let the facts get in the way of a good rant “'Choke-hold' sound bites are more about scoring political points than ensuring balance and fairness for all. Here’s to a little less drama and a little more thoughtful debate."  Op-ed – The Salt Lake Tribune Another Vernal,...

Rob Bishop: Public Land Zombie? “It’s not like Bishop would have to read all 78 pages of FLPMA. It’s right there on the first page, in the Declaration of Policy, where it says it is the policy of the United States that ‘the public lands be managed in a manner...

Nothing conservative about wilderness opposition “Those real conservatives understood that truly wild places inspire self-reliance, personal responsibility, faith and spiritual renewal in a world where those conservative values are constantly under assault.  They also recognized that in wilderness, freedom is found in its most fundamental form, and from it springs...

Wild lands offer an opportunity for solitude "I am reminded of one aspect of wilderness that is personally critical.  The 1964 Wilderness Act includes as one of several qualifying criterion for wilderness: an area that 'has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation.' The opportunity...