The National Park Service released visitation statistics this week showing that five of the top 15 most-visited parks in 2022 are in the Mountain West.
Zion National Park in Utah and Rocky Mountain... Read Original Story
This Sunday is the 104th anniversary of the founding of Grand Canyon National Park. But Indigenous peoples have called the Grand Canyon home for thousands of years before the park came into being. A... Read Original Story
Conservationists say White Mesa Mill in southern Utah is processing radioactive waste from Europe.
The mill is located near Bears Ears National Monument. It was built to process uranium ore and can... Read Original Story
Arizona voters show an unmoving concern about environmental conservation even as other issues become more pressing, according to a bipartisan poll released Wednesday.
In the poll, nearly 70% of... Read Original Story
New data show a snowy start to 2023 for the Colorado River basin. Inflows into Lake Powell, the nation’s second largest reservoir, are currently projected to be 117 percent of average during spring... Read Original Story
The snowpack in the Sierra Nevada is the deepest it’s been in decades, but those storms that were a boon for Northern California won’t make much of a dent in the long-term water shortage for the... Read Original Story
Since the start of his administration, President Joe Biden has taken significant actions that have resonated in Indian Country: restoring Bears Ears National Monument; nominating the first Indigenous... Read Original Story
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — Recent weather in Grand Canyon National Park has produced 2-3 feet of snow on the South Rim and 6-9 feet on the North Rim. Now all the Colorado River needs is 23 more years of... Read Original Story
