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Fossils found in Grand Staircase-Escalante give new insight into dinosaur behavior

Rachel Fixsen5 years ago4 years ago

This week, researchers in southern Utah published a scientific paper suggesting that tyrannosaurs—a large, three-toed, carnivorous genus of dinosaurs—were gregarious animals, meaning they lived and hunted in packs. The idea challenges the prevailing…

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Haaland concludes Utah visit

Moab Sun News5 years ago2 years ago

Last week, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, former Democratic representative for New Mexico, visited Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in southeastern Utah. The third Interior Secretary to consider the monuments’…

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Fire at Matheson Wetlands Preserve

Rachel Fixsen5 years ago4 years ago

Firefighters responded to a report of flames at the Scott and Norma Matheson Wetlands Preserve, off Kane Creek Boulevard in the northwest part of Moab at around 2 a.m. on April 8, arriving…

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Planning recreation, energy and transportation: Notes from the March 16 Grand County Commission meeting

Rachel Fixsen5 years ago4 years ago

At its regular meeting on March 16, the Grand County Commission discussed recreation planning and funding for a variety of contexts, heard a presentation on renewable energy, and once again discussed whether the…

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Insight into the process: BLM offers the public a guide to permit, NEPA processes

Moab Sun News5 years ago2 years ago

On Monday, Feb. 1 through Friday, Feb. 5, the Bureau of Land Management Canyon Country District Moab and Monticello field offices will offer a joint, virtual customer service week. The sessions, which are…

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Trump pardons Rep. Phil Lyman for UTV ride

Moab Sun News5 years ago4 years ago

On Dec. 22, the Trump Administration announced it would pardon Utah State Rep. Phil Lyman, who was convicted of federal charges for leading a 2014 procession of UTV riders through a San Juan…

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Labyrinth Canyon drilling project could get OK within days

Moab Sun News5 years ago2 years ago

UPDATE: Today, a judge issued a temporary restraining order to stop the project until at least Jan. 6. This story will be updated as information becomes available.  A fast-tracked project for drilling helium…

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Book Cliffs Highway project suspended

Moab Sun News5 years ago2 years ago

Plans for a paved highway through the Book Cliffs, long opposed by Grand County residents and public officials, have been suspended yet again.  The Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, which is comprised of Carbon,…

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E-bikes go on on the books: Feds issue policies for electric bikes on public land

Rachel Fixsen5 years ago4 years ago

The U.S. Department of the Interior issued an Oct. 2 press release announcing the finalization of policies regarding e-bikes on DOI managed land, including National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish…

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Federal judge removes Pendley as BLM head: Public lands boss in office “unlawfully,” ruling says

Moab Sun News5 years ago4 years ago

The acting head of the Bureau of Land Management has been serving unlawfully, a federal judge ruled on Friday, Sept. 25, calling into question the legitimacy of William Perry Pendley’s decisions while in…

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