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75 years ago today

Seventy-five years ago today, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt designated the Capitol Reef National Monument, proclaiming "it would be in the public interest to reserve such lands." No one today would dispute that FDR's action was visionary -- because today Capitol Reef National Park is considered one of the crown jewels...

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Into the Canyonlands: Hatch Point, Part 2

Looking out on Greater Canyonlands from the tip of Hatch Point is one of the most grand and majestic views in southeastern Utah. Not allowing industrial drilling, mining, roads and processing facilities to forever scar this landscape for speculative, short-term corporate profits should be a no-brainer. But potash mining –...

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