wilderness

The Wilderness Act, passed in 1964, gave Congress the authority to designate wilderness areas. It led to the establishment of many popular outdoor recreation areas, including the Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness, and Flat Tops Wilderness, where the idea first began.

The U.S. Forest Service manages some 160,000 miles of trails, and maintaining that sprawling system is a major undertaking. Volunteer trail workers have become an essential part of keeping the public’s access open to its vast wild areas.

A recent study published in Science magazine reports some animals are becoming more nocturnal. The cause is human activity.Researchers studied animal…

Bikes are off limits in the nation's 100 million acres of wilderness. But a few members of Congress want that to change.U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah,…

Senator Mike Lee explained in a town hall meeting last month why he and Senator Orrin Hatch think federal land managers have it wrong when they forbid…

The fight over wilderness in Utah has dragged on for so long that lawyers are scrambling to gather important testimony before key witnesses pass away.The…

The Wilderness Act turns 50 on Wednesday, and the anniversary has some Utahns thinking about the value of wild placesCongress created the formal system…

A Utahn is in line to lead the House panel that oversees the nation’s public lands. But advocates doubt Congressman Rob Bishop will pick up the tradition…

Utah Democrat Jim Matheson introduced legislation in Congress today to protect wilderness and watershed areas along the Wasatch Front. Matheson wants to…

Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT-1) is hoping that a regional approach to resolving the status of public lands in Utah might work better than the…

Howie Garber came to Utah to go to medical school and worked as an emergency room physician after he graduated from medical school in 1980. Through the…

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is asking for public comment on a proposed land swap in the Skull Valley area of Utah's West Desert. It would trade…