The Interior Department is moving to expedite the leasing process for allowing oil and gas drilling on public land, according to an agency memo made public Thursday. The memo released by the Bureau of Land Management states that it seeks to “simplify and streamline the leasing process to alleviate unnecessary impediments and burdens … to […]
The Trump administration will shrink two national monuments in Utah including the 1.3 million-acre Bears Ears National Monument, opening the lands up for potential industry use. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) confirmed in a Friday statement that Trump called the senator to inform him of the Bears Ears decision and that he will also shrink Utah’s […]
Republican U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee of Utah introduced legislation this week that would strip federal Endangered Species Act protections for animals and plants found in only one state. Known as intrastate species, such imperiled animals and plants make up the majority of the 1,655 species protected under the act. The legislation is […]
By Scott Miller Outdoor Retailer has a new home for its three annual trade shows: Colorado, a state that really gets the value of our wild lands. The Outdoor Industry Association announced in February that it was pulling its trade shows out of Utah, where they’d been located for 20 years, because the state’s elected […]
An anti-public lands official in Utah said Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke has already made up his mind to repeal Bears Ears National Monument, a move experts say could be against the law. According to a report from E&E News, Zinke has already told some officials in Utah that he will recommend revoking Bears Ears National […]
Pueblo, Colorado and Moab, Utah, this week became the 22nd and 23rd cities in the U.S. to commit to transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy. The Pueblo City Council approved Monday a measure committing to power the community entirely with renewable sources of energy like wind and solar by 2035. The vote was immediately […]
U.S. companies are taking a stand in these politically chaotic times. So far, 127 technology firms are firing back at President Donald Trump‘s travel ban affecting immigrants and refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries. Facebook, Apple and Google are leading the fight against Trump's immigration ban https://t.co/6lcwkRfP2a pic.twitter.com/MoNxOmRmLP — Forbes (@Forbes) February 6, 2017 The movement […]
The most anticipated outdoor recreation event of the year just finished in Salt Lake City, Utah, where hundreds of outdoor brands from small business outfitters to industry pioneers like Patagonia and Black Diamond Equipment gathered to witness the cutting-edge in outdoor gear. OMG! Land Grab Congressman Now Wants #Trump to Abolish National Monuments https://t.co/ZdmAJo7HsN @CenterForBioDiv […]
Five years of drought and over-use of water from feeder rivers has seen Utah’s Great Salt Lake shrink by almost 40 percent. The changes were dramatically revealed in before-and-after photos taken by the Landsat 8 satellite, recently released by NASA. Before and after images taken in 2011 and 2016 reveal dramatic shrinkage of Farmington Basin […]
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