October set the stage for Utah to have a solid spring snowmelt runoff. That is, if the state can catch enough snow this winter.

Maybe, but even the ones that want to be environmentally friendly face energy challenges.

During droughts and disasters, the Washington County Water Conservancy District’s draft plan could cut up to 60% of the water cities get and leave it up to city leaders to figure out how to get by with less.

Alexey Galda's day job works in quantum computing. But he applies his scientific know-how as an edge in wingsuit flying competitions like the USPA National Skydiving Championships going on now in California.

The proposed road through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area has been a long-fought tug-of-war between administrations, courts, Congress and the threatened Mojave Desert tortoise.

The water year that ended Sept. 30 was one of the driest on record for parts of the state, including Salt Lake City and St. George.

A group of nonprofits is calling for reductions to water demand, changes at Glen Canyon Dam and more transparent negotiations.

Centuries after devastating Medieval Europe, the Black Death is targeting Utah prairie dogs. Now, scientists are testing a new way to protect the threatened species before it’s too late.

"I was a political casualty," said Ted Cooke, a longtime Arizona water manager. Some policymakers in the Upper Basin quietly expressed concern that he might favor the Lower Basin in negotiations.

The Trump administration wants to do away with the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Established in 2001, it stopped road construction and logging on national forest lands — including four million acres in Utah.

A Salt Lake City kid born in 2005 lived through hundreds more days of extreme heat during childhood than one born in 1975, says a new analysis. That’s changing the experience of growing up.

The sight of bulldozers leveling part of the popular Zen Trail has heightened concerns about the future of other recreation areas around the fast-growing city.