(Washington, DC) — The Justice Department will allow President Trump to abolish national monuments protected from energy development and other activities by past presidents. The department issued a legal opinion permitting Trump to shrink or eliminate national monuments, which can overturn a 1938 opinion saying presidents didn’t have the power […]
(St. George, UT) — A majority of Utahns hope the new presidential administration will honor current protections for the state’s national monuments. That’s according to a recent poll by New Bridge Strategy, which asked voters about the importance of public lands. Three-quarters are in favor of the president’s ability to […]
(Garfield County, UT) — Federal officials say one of the favorite recreation sites at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Garfield County will close for much of this summer. The Calf Creek Recreation Site, which includes the trailhead for the popular Lower Calf Creek Falls hike, will close on July […]
(Cedar City, UT) — A new group has come forward against Utah’s efforts to defederalize its national monuments. More than 25 law professors specializing in natural recourses and public land have sent a brief offering arguments to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver calling it to dismiss Utah’s […]
(St. George, UT) — Flash floods are likely to sweep across all of Southern Utah’s national parks and national monuments today. The Southern Utah Flash Flooding Potential Rating shows floods are probable at Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Capitol Reef, and Canyonlands along with Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Glen Canyon […]
(Escalante, UT) — Two national monuments in southern Utah aren’t going to shrink in size anytime soon. A federal judge made the decision to throw out a lawsuit Friday that was filed last year by several state leaders, including Governor Spencer Cox and Attorney General Sean Reyes. The move was […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — President Joe Biden is set to visit Utah next week as part of a three-state tour of the American southwest. The White House announced Monday morning that Biden will visit Utah, Arizona and New Mexico from August 7th to the 9th. More details on the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration’s bid to dismiss lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of a 2017 decision to downsize two sprawling national monuments in Utah. U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan’s written decisions issued Monday night means the legal challenges seeking to return […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new U.S. government management plan unveiled Friday clears the way for coal mining and oil and gas drilling on land that used to be off limits as part of a sprawling national monument in Utah before President Donald Trump downsized the protected area two […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. government’s final management plan for lands in and around a Utah national monument that President Donald Trump downsized doesn’t include many new protections for the cliffs, canyons, waterfalls and arches found there, but it does include a few more safeguards than were in […]
