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Tourism’s growth has been both a blessing and a curse for surrounding rural communities as southern Utah’s national parks continue to bring people in.
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The St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site has reached its limit on space and resources. It's now trying to raise money to showcase more of southwest Utah's unique paleontology.
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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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The Bureau of Land Management quietly posted a notice on its website last week that it will no longer use the M-44 ejector devices across the 390,625 square miles it manages nationally.
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The state has previously stepped in to fund park operations, something Gov. Spencer Cox said is critical for rural communities.
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The wet winter has filled Lake Powell enough to restart boat tours to the giant red rock arch. But welcoming more tourists to the remote monument in southern Utah brings both benefits and challenges.
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Even with temperatures reaching well over 100 degrees, visitors continue to flock to Utah’s Zion National Park. That means park staff have to work extra hard to keep people safe.
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Pipe Spring National Monument, southeast of St. George on the Utah-Arizona border, was created in 1923 by President Warren G. Harding.
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The nation's second-largest reservoir has been shrinking as drought and steady demand strain the Colorado River. With Lake Powell's low water levels, canyons and ecosystems are emerging from the depths.
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Members of a small tribe in Arizona are marking the renaming of a popular campground in Grand Canyon National Park as Havasupai Gardens. The Havasupai Tribe had lobbied the federal government for years to change the name from Indian Garden.
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Utah is putting together its first-ever statewide strategic plan for funding and sustaining outdoor recreation. But first, it’s launching a series of tour stops to get local feedback from around the state as it pinpoints the challenges and opportunities the plan should address.
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The burly animals are an icon of the American West and culturally significant for many Native American tribes. They were driven to near extinction in the late 1800s.