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The water supply for the Bryce Canyon National Park area comes from an underground aquifer. Scientists and residents worry that more tourism development there might strain those limited reserves.

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Used with permission from The Atlantic
The hunt for critical minable resources is heating up in Utah, and would-be extractors have found a legal loophole to get around federal minding laws. The Atlantic journalist Lauren Steele has been following this story, and shares what she has learned.

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