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Replacing Zion’s propane-powered buses is part of the park’s plan to manage booming visitor numbers while preserving its natural landscape and clean air.

After a COVID-19 slump, Utah’s parks have seen record visitors, with spending to match, every year since 2021.

Invasive zebra mussels could harm native fish and clog agricultural equipment. Until recently they had never before been seen in the stretch of the Colorado River near Grand Junction.

Salt Lake City’s final approval in a vote by International Olympic Committee members will bring back the Winter Games 32 years after first hosting in 2002.

Park City, the festival's 40-year home, is still in the mix. The other five suitors are Atlanta; Cincinnati; Boulder, Colorado; Louisville, Kentucky and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The new public transit route connecting southwest Utah’s largest city and one of America’s most-visited national parks is expected to launch by late July. It could remove cars from congested roads and help tourism workers get to their jobs.

The National Park Service is rolling out a plan to reroute oversized vehicles off the Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway, citing safety and the road’s infrastructure.

The airport received funds from the Utah Legislature to construct its first control tower as its passenger traffic grows, but it will still be a while before it’s up and running.

A new partnership between Dixie National Forest and the Zion Forever Project aims to help get more of southwest Utah’s recreation visitors into lesser-used public lands.

Estimates indicate that visitors and seasonal residents make up more than a quarter of the people in the St. George area on a typical day during peak season.

Bombay Beach was once a thriving resort community along California’s largest lake. Now more exposed playa than water, the Salton Sea’s disappearance is a mirror to the Great Salt Lake.

In annual reports sent to Dark Sky International, Utah’s national and state parks list light pollution from development and tourism as the main threat to maintaining their certification.