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Utah
Posted inAugust 2024: In the Wake of the Floods
How do you protect wildlife from sprawl?
A fast-growing Utah exurb gets serious about migration corridors.
Posted inArticles
Grabbing public land in the name of housing
Have politicians finally found a way to take public land out of the public’s hands?
Posted inJuly 2024
Wilson’s phalarope to the rescue
A new Endangered Species Act petition could trigger major conservation actions to save the West’s saline lakes.
Posted inJuly 2024
Photorealistic fencing, far-traveling felines and some very weird-looking fish
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inArticles
Supreme Court curtails agencies’ ability to enforce regulations
The repeal of the bedrock Chevron doctrine throws climate and conservation laws into doubt.
Posted inJune 2024: The Idea of Wilderness
Water inequality on the Colorado River
A new accounting reveals deep disparities in Western water consumption.
Posted inArticles
The end of a frontier dream amid the Unabomber’s reign of terror
An excerpt from ‘Old King,’ Maxim Loskutoff’s latest novel.
Posted inArticles
Desert Subdivision: The paradox of naming a development after Edward Abbey
A Moab housing development named for the author of ‘Desert Solitaire’ sparks debate over Abbey’s legacy and growth in a delicate ecosystem.
Posted inMay 2024: A River Returns
Bird-naming brouhahas, buggy burritos and a goat-milking meetup
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inIssues
A Salt Lake Valley collective brings gardening and queer communities together
At the Mobile Moon Co-op, LGBTQ+ folks find a safe space to nurture land and one another.
Posted inArticles
Are the Great Salt Lake scientists all right?
A Q&A with Great Salt Lake Institute Director Bonnie Baxter on studying a dying lake.
Posted inArticles
Could building on public land address the housing crisis?
The West has a plethora of land and a shortage of houses. Some are wondering if a solution lies within.
Posted inArticles
A new law seeks to tame mineral extraction at the Great Salt Lake
The new limits may represent a shift in Utah’s cozy relationship with industry.
Posted inMarch 2024: Fertile Ground
Killer kitties, no-drama llamas and a brand-new arachnid
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inArticles
The good, the bad and the ugly of the state legislative season
While Congress does nothing, Western state lawmakers pass a flurry of consequential and/or crazy — bills.
Posted inJanuary 11, 2024: The Creatures in Our Midst
The Northwestern Shoshone are restoring the Bear River Massacre site
The tribe is reclaiming their gathering place and returning water to the Great Salt Lake.
Posted inArticles
Is uranium poised for a renaissance?
As prices climb, mining proposals proliferate. But it might just be hype.
Posted inArticles
Mountain towns are trying all sorts of solutions to the housing crisis
A new report details the many ways that high-altitude communities are wrestling with ballooning housing costs.
Posted inDecember 1, 2023: December 2023
Take a toxic tour of the Great Salt Lake
Utah grapples with its future of industry around its dying inland sea.