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.

The slump in Utah park tourism comes as American politics and rhetoric keep many international visitors away. Locals around the parks are feeling the impact.

A Trump executive order directs the National Park Service to review displays and signs that may cast the American people or landscapes in a negative light. Critics call it an “attack on the discipline of history itself.”

Las históricas guías de viaje para personas afroamericanas, como el Green Book no incluían muchas opciones seguras de alojamiento en el suroeste de Utah. Sin embargo, el albergue del Parque Nacional Zion fue un refugio poco común.

Conservationists view the Trump administration’s move as another attack on the national parks. But southeast Utah officials say there may be other ways to ease crowding at Arches.

Historic Black travel guides, like the Green Book, didn’t list many safe accommodation options in southwest Utah. The Zion National Park Lodge, however, was a rare refuge.

New data shows how the number of residents walking and biking around town keeps growing. And the southern Utah city plans to add even more miles in 2026.