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Op-ed: Escalante is on the rise, and Grand Staircase is driving it

News|September 5, 2015

BY DENIS WAGGONER As president of the Escalante-Boulder Chamber of Commerce I would like to respond to the statements that the town of Escalante is dying because of the creation of Grand Staircase... Read Original Story

Jack Dykinga

Study Finds Pollution In Colorado River At Grand Canyon

Source: KJZZ

News|September 1, 2015

Despite its remote location, the Colorado River at the bottom of the Grand Canyon is dealing with pollution. A new study from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) found high levels of mercury... Read Original Story

Jack Dykinga

Even the Bottom of the Grand Canyon is Now Contaminated

Source: National Geographic

News|August 31, 2015

BY OSHA GRAY DAVIDSON By almost any calculation, the Colorado River at the bottom of the Grand Canyon is one of the most isolated places in the contiguous United States. Although about half a million... Read Original Story

Op-ed: LaSal Mountains are the wrong place to transplant mountain goats

Source: Salt Lake Tribune

News|August 29, 2015

BY WAYNE PADGETT First, something about me. I retired in 2013 after working 25 years for the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) at the forest, region and national levels and five years for the Utah State... Read Original Story

Blake McCord

Claims that uranium mining near the Grand Canyon is safe don't hold water

Source: The Guardian

News|August 25, 2015

BY DAVID KREAMER It only takes a few Grand Canyon hikes to realize the importance of its springs and other water sources. When refilling a water bottle in the cool depths below multi-colored rock... Read Original Story

Navajo Farmers Reject Use of Water After Mine Spill

Source: Associated Press

News|August 24, 2015

BY FELICIA FONSECA One of the largest communities of Navajo farmers along the San Juan River has voted to keep irrigation canals closed for at least a year following a spill of toxic sludge at a... Read Original Story

Tim Peterson

'Bears Ears’ latest battleground in Utah monument fight

Source: Environment & Energy Publishing

News|August 21, 2015

BY PHIL TAYLOR Two sandstone-capped buttes known as Bears Ears have witnessed the birth of generations of American Indians, including a leader who fought the U.S. military's deportation of Navajos... Read Original Story

Rep. Rob Bishop’s compromise plan for Utah public lands pleases neither environmentalists nor Republican leaders

Source: Salt Lake Tribune

News|August 20, 2015

BY BRIAN MAFFLY Conservative Utah politicians disagree — ardently — about how to take control over the state's public lands and fossil fuels. The schism was laid bare during a legislative briefing... Read Original Story

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