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Notes from the front lines of conservation on the Colorado Plateau.

Amy S. Martin

09/30/19

Grand Canyon, Water, Native America

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Second Dam Project Would Flood Sacred Site Near Grand Canyon

A new scheme to dam the Little Colorado River would leave a Hopi sacred site underwater.

Jack Dykinga

09/27/19

Grand Canyon, Water

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New Dam Proposal Threatens Grand Canyon

The Little Colorado River, above Salt Trail Canyon, is the wrong place to put a dam.

Tim Peterson

06/3/19

Uranium, Water, Native America

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Uranium Mill Near Bears Ears Worries Tribal Members

Living next-door to America's last operating conventional uranium mill raises concerns about air and water quality.

Michael Collier

05/16/19

Energy, Water

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Lawsuit: Take a Hard Look at Utah Oil Shale Project

Could a wild corner of Utah become the site of the nation's first commercial-scale oil shale strip mine and processing plant?

A seep monkey flower growing near an unnamed spring in Death Hollow, Grand Staircase. Marc Coles-Ritchie

11/21/18

Grazing, National Monuments, Water

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Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument's Springs Need Your Help

These precious watering holes are hotspots of cultural and biological diversity. Please urge the administration to protect them.

Blake McCord

11/19/18

Uranium, Native America, Water

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White Mesa Uranium Mill Seeks to Expand

The mill wants to add another 80 acres of waste ponds, but could the toxic goulash the ponds contain seep into groundwater?

Ed Moss

11/13/18

Grand Canyon, Uranium, Water

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Court Reverses Course in Canyon Mine Lawsuit

A case challenging a uranium mine near Grand Canyon National Park gets another day in court.

Michael Collier

10/4/18

Energy, Climate Change, Water

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Utah Oil Shale Project Gets Pipeline Green Light

Enefit’s oil shale project would suck over 100 billion gallons of water from the Colorado River Basin over the next three decades.

11/21/17

North Rim Ranches, Volunteers in Action, Water, Rising Leaders

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Water is Life: Hopi Youth Protect Lakes

On the Kaibab Plateau, young Hopi workers team up to break rock, shovel dirt, and hoist logs, protecting lakes north of the Grand Canyon.

Blake McCord

10/17/17

Grand Canyon, Water, Uranium

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Land Sharks: Why Ban Grand Canyon Uranium Mining II

What could be so dangerous as to trigger the use of such devilish-sounding devices?

Notes from the front lines of conservation on the Colorado Plateau.

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