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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…
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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…
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A new white paper from the non-profit Headwaters Economics says transferring public lands from the federal government to Western states would generate…
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A new report from Congress’s watchdog says employees overseeing public lands are facing hundreds of threats and assaults.
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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...
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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...
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Portrait photographers working in the region have been getting reminders lately of a federal rule that they need permits to shoot on forest service…
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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…