Utah's Zion National Park, one of the nation's most
popular, has become the first Western park to replace cars with a
shuttle bus system in its most heavily visited area.
Items by Larry Warren
Utah farmers and ranchers are trying to prepare for what
is expected to be a terrible infestation of Mormon crickets and
other grasshoppers.
In 1972, Colorado became the first city ever to win the
right to host the Olympics only to change its mind and slam the
door on them.
Utah county commissioners in San Juan, Garfield and Kane
counties bulldoze illegal roads into BLM and Park Service lands,
including wilderness study areas and the new Grand
Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
The Nature Conservancy purchases the Dugout Ranch near
Canyonlands National Park in Utah, to prevent the land from being
subdivided and developed.
Liberal Democrat Ross Anderson may prevail against
millionaire Republican and frequent political candidate Merrill
Cook in Utah.
The valves at Glen Canyon Dam are opened so the Colorado
River can once again flood the Grand Canyon - and scientists, river
guides, and environmentalists begin to study the results.
Salt Lake City's expensive bid to host the 2002 Winter
Olympics is meeting surprisingly lukewarm opposition from
environmentalists.
Recent vandalism in Utah includes spiked trees and dead
cows.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources scaled back and shaken
up.
Two Utah counties, frustrated with the cost of the Central
Utah Project, decide to pull out.
The Army defends its plans to incinerate chemical weapons
stockpiles.
Chevron's widened search for oil into the Uinta mountains
threatens the entire range.
ADC comes under fire in Utah after predators are killed
illegally.
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