Public Lands

As Utah’s ski tourism grows, locals’ needs are neglected

The world’s longest gondola is proposed as a traffic solution in Little Cottonwood Canyon, but residents oppose this project.

Hannah Singleton March 24, 2023

Tribal nations’ lasting victory in the Mojave Desert

Before Avi Kwa Ame became a national monument, there was the fight for Ward Valley.

Anna V. Smith March 22, 2023 From the print edition

Avi Kwa Ame is officially a national monument

Biden’s proclamation protects parts of the Mojave Desert in southern Nevada and includes tribal co-stewardship.

Anna V. Smith March 21, 2023

Energy illusions

A BLM report issued in late 2006 appears to show that less land is available for energy exploration now than in 2003, but a closer look shows that appearances are deceiving.

Michelle Blank Feb. 5, 2007 From the print edition

Is the great federal land debate over?

Two trends are almost as dangerous as the idea of directly selling off the public lands: land transfers done in the name of economic development, and the outsourcing of jobs in the federal land-management agencies.

John Freemuth Opinion Sept. 18, 2006 From the print edition

Change comes slowly to Escalante country

Just as it seemed the local communities were starting to accept the BLM’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, the rise of conservative national politics has helped to revive old grudges and stir up opposition

Michelle Nijhuis April 14, 2003 From the print edition

Grazing foes float a buyout

Anti-grazing groups are trying to convince Congress to buy out ranchers' grazing allotments on public land, but resistance on the part of permit holders may stop the effort.

Stephen Stuebner May 27, 2002 From the print edition

Showdown on the Nevada range

The Sagebrush Rebellion smolders when the BLM impounds and tries to auction off cattle owned by ranchers Ben Colvin and Jack Vogt for refusing to pay for grazing allotments.

Jon Christensen Aug. 27, 2001 From the print edition

Monuments caught in the crosshairs

Under the new administration of George W. Bush, Republicans seek to open Clinton's new national monuments to oil and gas exploration and other uses and to revise the way monuments are created.

Kirsten Bovee April 23, 2001 From the print edition

People for the USA! disbands

People for the USA! says it is officially disbanding due to declining membership and funding, but its members plan to keep their wise-use mission alive by merging with another conservation group, Frontiers for Freedom.

Heidi Walters Dec. 18, 2000 From the print edition

Beauty and the Beast

As the small, conservative towns bordering Utah's new Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument begin to adapt to the monument they never wanted, a new vision for what gateway communities and preserved areas might be begins to slowly emerge.

Paul Larmer April 14, 1997 From the print edition

1996: Clinton takes a 1.7 million-acre stand in Utah

President Bill Clinton uses the Antiquities Act of 1906 to designate a new 1.7 million-acre national monument in southern Utah, and reactions range from joy to indignation and outrage.

Paul Larmer Sept. 30, 1996 From the print edition

Ranchers arrested at wildlife refuge

The arrest of rancher Dwight Hammond for running cattle on a wildlife refuge provokes a wise-use backlash in Oregon.

Kathie Durbin Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition

A one-man Sagebrush Rebellion

Rancher Cliven Bundy refuses to pay grazing fees to BLM.

Staff News May 16, 1994 From the print edition

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