Sen. Bennett: Grand Staircase not 'particularly special'"We've not had very many visitors to the Grand Staircase Monument, and those who have come look at it, and kind of look around and say, "This is a national monument? Wait a minute. Why is this designated as something particularly special?" because, quite...

SL Trib to Gov: State energy plan must protect wild places"When the governor referred, in his announcement of the Utah Energy Initiative, to continued access to low-cost energy resources, we hope that he did not mean sacrificing wilderness-quality lands to fossil fuel production." Read more – Salt Lake Tribune State...

Another harebrained idea from the UT legislature "A bill to use eminent domain on the federal government for ownership of land in Utah will shortly be unleashed…The bill would let the state seize the land at fair market value, then sell it off to private businesses that would then tap...

Public lands belong to all “A few things need to be clarified about local public lands. First, federal public lands in Utah belong to all Americans. The present population of the United States is slightly more than 300 million, and each and every one of us technically owns an equal...

Science does confirm red dust melts CO snow"Strong scientific evidence shows that desert dust from the Colorado Plateau is causing early snowmelt in Colorado and that the majority of this dust is likely caused by human activity. So which human activities are causing this dust? ORVs, grazing, and oil and...