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President Donald Trump rolled back much of the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, Thursday, saying it will expedite job-creating projects. The…

Monday evening, Mar. 2, 2020Abortion Ban Passes Utah SenateThe Utah Senate passed a bill Monday that would ban elective abortions if Roe v. Wade is…

A new white paper from the non-profit Headwaters Economics says transferring public lands from the federal government to Western states would generate…

A new report from Congress’s watchdog says employees overseeing public lands are facing hundreds of threats and assaults.

A recent study says the American West should be doing more prescribed burns to keep forests healthy and to help lessen the impacts of wildfires across...

The word wildfire tends to invoke fear, but some wildfires are actually good. According to the U.S. Forest Service, the Peavine and Poison Canyon fires…

Utah will have more say in managing some of its federally-owned public lands, after Gov. Gary Herbert and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny…

Utah’s Republican Gov. Gary Herbert’s request for the Trump administration to rollback restrictions on 4 million acres of national forest land in his…

Cedar City — State officials held the last of five open houses Tuesday on their proposal to seek looser federal restrictions in roadless areas.The Public…

Vicki Christiansen was sworn in this morning as Chief of the U.S. Forest Service. She’s only the second female to serve in this role in its 113-year...

Portrait photographers working in the region have been getting reminders lately of a federal rule that they need permits to shoot on forest service…

Ranchers in 16 western states will see their federal grazing fees go down next week. That’s good for ranchers whose costs have risen, but…