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The Biden administration is moving to let conservationists lease government land for restoration. It's part of an effort to make conservation an “equal” to other uses of public lands such as drilling and livestock grazing.
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The Trust for Public Land estimates that 3,000 privately held acres are scattered around Utah’s Zion National Park.
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Utah will soon find out if it’s the host for the 2034 Winter Olympics, which could put pressure on the state to fix what ails the Great Salt Lake.
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There are dozens of conservation groups across the Mountain West working to protect the waters, lands and wildlife that make up the region. That includes a nonprofit in Nevada that is helping preserve an important tree species that’s increasingly threatened by climate change.
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The Natural History Museum of Utah is leading out on a new, positive approach to talking about climate change.
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Changing climate patterns and growing populations are having an impact on all of our lives, but it is also affecting birds and their migration patterns.
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Hundreds of tribal leaders gathered in Washington this week for an annual summit where the Biden administration is celebrating nearly 200 new agreements to boost cooperation with the tribes.
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The plan to build a new highway through a conservation area near St. George has taken a step back. The Bureau of Land Management is revisiting its formal analysis of the road’s environmental impact after a lawsuit from conservation groups.
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Grey wolves are one of the most controversial animals in the West, and how you can manage the species depends on what state you're in. Along the Colorado-Wyoming border, that friction is part of daily life.
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The federal government is spending more than $200 million to reopen spawning grounds for fish, which includes an effort to recover an endangered species sacred to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe in Nevada.
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A new nationwide survey shows how members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints view nature and climate change differently from other religious groups.
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City officials worry that the picturesque venue is suffering from a “privatization” of public open space.