U.S. Bureau of Land Management

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.

Thanks to wet weather and prevention efforts, Utah’s had fewer fires this year than any other year since at least 2002.

A lithium exploration proposal near Canyonlands National Park in southeast Utah has prompted concerns about how the project would affect the area’s natural landscape.

The complaint filed Monday against the Bureau of Land Management is the latest development in the battle over the potash in Utah, which holds some of the United States’ largest deposits of the mineral, which is used by farmers to fertilize crops throughout the globe.

“With it being so dry and with the fuels just ready to go, we're pretty much issuing red flag warnings almost every day at this point,” said Mark Miller, a National Weather service meteorologist who forecasts for southeast Utah.

The latest challenge to lithium mining in Nevada in the push for cleaner energy comes from a place where no opposition has arisen before: space.

On Thursday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem testified before the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources in favor of a bill that would require the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw the proposal, saying it would cause “deep devastation.”

Emergency personnel in Southwest Utah are already battling frequent fires as the extra grass and brush that grew during the wet spring are providing more fire fuel as they dry out.

More than a century after the U.S. started selling oil leases on public lands, the Biden administration is seeking to let conservationists lease government property to restore it.

A lot of agricultural routines are based on meteorlogical spring and past dry conditions. Utah’s record snow is welcome, but farmers have a schedule to keep.

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.

Backers of the project say it would provide essential materials to build electric vehicles and address the climate crisis, but a coalition of Native American tribes is fighting against it.