December 1, 2017 Now is the time to exempt Utah from Antiquities Act overreach If the divisive and painful battles over monuments are to be ameliorated, the Antiquities Act must be reformed. But, there is something Utah can…
November 28, 2017 Hunting provides economic, practical foundation for wildlife conservation Monuments and national parks create myriad cumbersome regulations, preclude land and wildlife management methods prescribed by professional biologists, and in many cases have resulted…
November 16, 2017 Native tribes’ redistricting raises troubling questions about dual governments The thorny problem of dual governance in counties with Indian reservations and large Native American populations is of growing importance. Geographically, only a fraction…
November 8, 2017 Utah Navajos say monument designations not needed to protect sites In Utah’s San Juan County and nearby reservations, residents say their dissenting voices were ignored in the designation process for the area, a canyon…
November 6, 2017 Utah enviros oppose pro-sage grouse tree-removal project The study found that sage grouse breeding does not occur where pinyon-juniper occupies more than 4 percent of the land area. Wildlife biologists say…
November 3, 2017 Trial date set for enviro charged with attempted livestock destruction, witness retaliation A hearing was held in San Juan County Court on November 2, and the dates were set for Chilcoat’s and Franklin’s criminal trials. Chilcoat…
October 28, 2017 Local voices trump outside special interests in battle over Bears Ears “We believe in the importance of protecting these sacred antiquities, but Secretary Zinke and the Trump administration rolled up their sleeves to dig in,…
October 16, 2017 Utah wildfires reignite debate over constitutional state control of public lands State-held lands tend to be managed more for resource extraction and economic development than federal lands, for historical, legal, and political reasons, says Eric…
October 6, 2017 Antiquities Act weakens rural communities by robbing them of lands “What is needed is wholesale reform of the Antiquities Act, to return its monumental power back to where it belongs: To the people who…
October 2, 2017 Senators hope new legislation settles Utah prairie dog wars “In the nearly fifty years since it was signed into law, the ESA has done more to impede economic activity, obstruct local conservation efforts,…
