Jennifer Speers, a Salt Lake city resident with a legacy
from her great-grandfather of stopping development along the
Palisades in New York and New Jersey and a strong bent toward
conservation, buys the Rio Colorado property, and pulls down Moab
developer
Items by Lisa Church
Some Moab, Utah, residents are fighting a luxury resort
and development called Cloudrock that developers want to build on a
state-owned mesa south of town.
Nephi, Utah, resident Ross Garrett in his own words talks
about water and population growth in Utah.
Zachary Frankel's Utah Rivers Council is fighting the
Central Utah Project, particularly a plan by farmers and investors
to sell CUP water intended for irrigation to rapidly growing Salt
Lake County.
The controversial pile of uranium tailings next to the
Colorado River near Moab, Utah, may finally be moved.
Some Moab, Utah, residents are up in arms about a
developer's plans for a new tourist tram with a visitor center,
store, restaurant and huge viewing deck at the top of the
ride.
Dixie National Forest officials cancel a controversial
timber sale because it conflicts with the Forest Service's
nationwide moratorium on road construction in roadless
areas.
Canyonlands Superintendent Walt Dabney has proposed to
more than double the park's size by redrawing its boundaries along
natural features.
Locals are protesting the Forest Service's plan to close
210 miles of old logging roads in Dixie National Forest.
A rash of vandalism at Moab's Sand Flats Recreation Area,
which includes the famous Slickrock bike trail, seems to be
directed at mountain-biking tourists.
On Utah's new Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument,
a conservation deal will move cattle out of the canyons most
popular with hikers and boats, especially along the Escalante
River.
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