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How COVID-19 Threatens An Accurate Census Count In The Mountain West
Originally published on April 1, 2020 1:44 pm You probably got a letter in the mail recently from the U.S. Census Bureau asking you to fill out its survey.
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Can A Private ICE Detention Center Save A Rural Town’s Economy?
Originally published on March 10, 2020 11:12 am Support for our series Private Prison: Locking Down The Facts came from The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit news organization […]
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New Test Can Help Mushroom Foragers Avoid Deadly Toxin
Wild mushroom foragers in the Mountain West may soon have a new and easy way to tell if their pickings are poisonous. Scientists at the U.S.
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Utah Republican Introduces Resolution Opposing Reintroduction Of Wolves In Colorado
A Utah Republican state lawmaker is pushing a resolution condemning its neighbor, Colorado, if voters there decide to pass a November ballot initiative to reintroduce gray wolves into the southern […]
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How To Prepare For The West’s Most Deadly Natural Disaster
Originally published on January 26, 2020 8:22 pm On a frigid Tuesday evening, Brent Yatkeman is scrambling to save an avalanche victim buried in the snow somewhere on a ski […]
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In Shrinking Monuments, Trump Invites Industry And Threatens Tourism In Utah’s Red Rock Desert
Originally published on February 11, 2020 12:20 pm Southern Utah’s red rock desert is home to towering canyons and the clear, shallow Escalante River.
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Trump Administration Releases Final Plans For Grand Staircase, Bears Ears National Monuments
Originally published on February 7, 2020 4:25 pm Updated 2:24 p.m.
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Bureau Of Land Management Plans To ‘Modernize’ Grazing On Public Lands
Originally published on January 28, 2020 7:02 pm The Trump administration has spent the past month announcing sweeping changes that could benefit ranchers on public lands, including a proposal to […]
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Colorado Public Radio To Expand, Take Over Operations Of KRCC
Originally published on January 22, 2020 4:18 pm Note: KRCC is a member of the Mountain West News Bureau.
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‘Huge Win’ For Ranchers As Trump Targets Bedrock Environmental Law
Originally published on January 22, 2020 4:20 pm Many ranchers are applauding President Donald Trump after he announced an overhaul of the nation’s bedrock environmental law on Thursday. The National […]
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Report: Some Federally-Subsidized National Park Nonprofits Have Drifted From Original Mission
Originally published on January 3, 2020 12:06 pm Since the 1960s, the National Park Service has partnered with nonprofit organizations to provide environmental education services to the public.
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A Hunter’s Holiday: How To Make Elk And Wild Rice Cabbage Rolls
Originally published on December 30, 2019 12:37 pm The holidays often mean Christmas hams, mulled wine and potato latkes.
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District Court Will Hear Public Lands Fracking Lawsuit In January
Originally published on December 23, 2019 7:08 pm After a long hiatus, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s 2017 decision to rescind regulations on hydraulic fracturing on public lands is […]
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‘It Changed Our Lives’: Banished Women Fight Ute Tribal Leaders In Federal Court
Originally published on December 12, 2019 10:52 pm Four women from the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in northeastern Utah have turned to the federal court system after they were […]
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BLM Retirees Lobby Lawmakers To Block Agency’s Relocation
Originally published on December 10, 2019 7:09 pm A group of retired top officials from the Bureau of Land Management is in Washington, D.C., this week criticizing the agency’s planned […]
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It’s ‘An Incredible Race’ For Climbing’s First Olympic Hopefuls
Originally published on December 2, 2019 5:18 pm Rock climbing is making its debut in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the U.S. national team is training in Salt Lake City.
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