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  • Wayward wolf nabbed in Utah

    "Wolf No. 253," from the Druid Peak Pack in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley, is caught far from home when he steps into a leghold coyote trap, 30 miles northeast of Salt Lake City, Utah.

    by Brent Israelsen, Dec 23, 2002

  • Greens not welcome in Escalante

    Newcomers Patrick Diehl and Tori Woodward say they are being persecuted by some longtime Escalante, Utah, residents, because they are environmentalists who oppose construction of the New Wide Hollow Reservoir.

    by Brent Israelsen, May 24, 1999

  • Tribe hopes to dam its way to jobs

    Two dams proposed for Utah's Uinta Mountains, which would provide water and work for the Uintah Basin's Native Americans, face environmental opposition.

    by Brent Israelsen, Sep 01, 1997

  • Battle likely over Utah wilderness

    Utah environmentalists protest the wilderness bill introduced by Utah Republicans.

    by Brent Israelsen, Jun 26, 1995

  • Counties may shrink Utah wilderness

    Utah Gov. Leavitt's insistance that local communities must support new wilderness designation makes environmentalists nervous.

    by Brent Israelsen, Mar 20, 1995

  • White Mesa Utes beat back Superfund tailings

    White Mesa Utes defeat DOE's plans to dump hazardous waste on land surround their reservation.

    by Brent Israelsen, Jan 23, 1995

  • A clash of cultures: tribal versus nuclear

    A Native American cultural center on a hill called Avikan is threatened by a low-level radioactive waste dump.

    by Brent Israelsen, Sep 19, 1994

  • City Slickers should leave wilderness rough

    Movie makers leave land damaged after filming City Slickers II

    by Brent Israelsen, Aug 08, 1994

  • Vandals destroy desert tortoise dens

    Four dens of the endangered Mojave Desert tortoise have been deliberately destroyed.

    by Brent Israelsen, Jun 13, 1994

  • Utah utility takes aim at Colorado air

    Deseret Generation and Transmission Cooperative wants to quadruple sulfur dioxide emissions despite objections of neighbors.

    by Brent Israelsen, May 02, 1994

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