Blogger heaps justifiable scorn on UT pols bad behavior"In other words, the Legislature's cowboys want to bet $3 million in legal fees on what is, at best, a one in 10 chance. It's painfully obvious that we live in a state without legalized gambling. Them's chump's odds. But, then again,...

Making Canyonlands whole"From the lip of Grand View Point, an immense ruddy landscape in a constant state of decay sweeps before your eyes. And yet, though you're in the heart of Canyonlands National Park, not all you see is within the park. And for many, that's a problem that should...

Debate begins over potential for new national monuments“A Department of the Interior memo leaked to Utah First District Congressman Rob Bishop shows the Obama administration is thinking about creating national monuments out of a number of parcels of land in the Western United States.”  Video courtesy of Fox 13 News...

Good News: SUWA legal victory"A federal judge has decided the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance will be allowed to defend its own interests in a lawsuit filed by three oil companies and three Utah counties over a hotly disputed 2008 oil and gas lease sale in Salt Lake City." Read more...

CO newspaper pans UT pols' plans for federal land grab "To the west of us in Utah a few state lawmakers have ginned up a plan to gain control of federal lands in that state by a simple means: They want to condemn them. Great. All the West needs is...