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DOJ opinion could allow monument cuts: What it means for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase, and Utah’s public lands

Moab Sun News6 days ago6 days ago

A new opinion from the Department of Justice revives debate over national monument protections. President Trump tried to slash Utah’s monuments in his first term – What’s next for Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears?

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Controversial public lands sale dropped from fed budget bill

Moab Sun News4 weeks ago4 weeks ago

The amendment, introduced by Rep. Celeste Maloy (R-UT), was added to H.R.1— the Trump Administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act—earlier this month. It would have allowed the sale of certain public lands in southern Utah and Nevada to local authorities for “community and economic development” purposes without triggering environmental review or public notice.

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Massive pipeline spill seeps toward Colorado’s Animas River

Media Partner: The Colorado Sun1 month ago1 month ago

Benzene from a 23,000-gallon gasoline spill is apparently creeping toward the Animas River, as Southern Ute tribal leaders say cleanup work by the state and the pipeline owner is moving too slowly.

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Luxury train route adds Salt Lake stop to Denver-Moab trip

Moab Sun News3 months ago3 months ago

The luxury train company Rocky Mountaineer is venturing further into Utah with an extended version of its ‘Rockies to the Red Rocks’ route. The route, which launched in 2021, brings travelers from Denver…

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Regrowth in the Navajo Nation: Indigenous Traditional Foods Program enters a new era

Ali Harford3 years ago2 years ago

The Utah Diné Bikéyah’s Traditional Foods Program started with a potato. In 2018, Cynthia Wilson, an Indigenous woman and master’s graduate from the University of Utah, helped rediscover and propagate the Four Corners…

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Quake-causing plant resumes operations

Rachel Fixsen3 years ago3 years ago

For about two years, a Bureau of Reclamation salinity control facility in Paradox Valley was dormant; this month, it’s resuming operations at a reduced capacity. The Paradox Valley Unit pumps naturally salty water…

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New helipad approved on SR 211

Rachel Fixsen3 years ago3 years ago

On March 10 the San Juan County Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for a development called Sky Pirate Ranch on a 320-acre property along State Route 211, the corridor that leads…

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The half-life of White Mesa Mill

Rachel Fixsen3 years ago3 years ago

Controversy has surrounded the White Mesa Mill for years. The mill opened in 1980 with a plan to process local uranium ore for 15 years. Over 40 years later, the plant is still…

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Green River Rocks returns

Ali Harford3 years ago2 years ago

After a two-year hiatus, Green River Rocks, the annual rock and mineral festival held in Green River, Utah, will return for a weekend full of geology lectures, guided field trips, rockhounding, and a…

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SITLA seeks Bears Ears land trade

Rachel Fixsen3 years ago3 years ago

The Utah School and Institutional Trust Administration hopes to conduct a large-scale land swap with the federal government, exchanging SITLA parcels within the recently designated Bears Ears National Monument for federal lands that…

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