March 20, 2018 Joy Villa: Mr. Trump, please hear my heartfelt plea Those who know me know I love and support this president. They should also know I love America’s greatest natural treasure— our public lands.
January 10, 2018 Standoff rancher draws advocates' ire, supporters' cheers The Nevada rancher who led a 2014 armed standoff with government agents spoke Wednesday saying that it's up to people in states, not the federal officials, to manage vast expanses of rangeland in the U.S. West.
December 6, 2017 Trump monument order sparks debate on presidential authority as Patagonia joins fight over Utah land A flurry of lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump's decision to chop up two large national monuments in Utah could finally bring an answer to the much-debated question of whether presidents have the legal authority to undo or change monuments created by past presidents.
December 3, 2017 Utah's tenacious efforts to take back federal land stand out In an American West that has a love-hate relationship with the federal government's ownership of a checkerboard of parks, monuments, forest and desert in states from Washington to New Mexico, Utah stands out.
December 3, 2017 Trump plan on Utah monuments draws 5,000 protesters Thousands rallied outside Utah's Capitol in Salt Lake City on Saturday, protesting President Donald Trump’s expected plan to shrink two national monuments in one of America's most scenic states.
November 15, 2017 David Rockefeller, billionaire philanthropist, dead at 101 A billionaire philanthropist who was the last of his generation in the famously philanthropic Rockefeller family has died.
October 4, 2017 Stonewall Jackson monument vandalized at Manassas park The National Park Service says it is making repairs to a Stonewall Jackson monument that was vandalized at Manassas National Battlefield.
September 29, 2017 Climber who died in rock fall at Yosemite was celebrating first wedding anniversary The British man killed Wednesday after being crushed by a granite slab that fell off of Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan formation was celebrating his first wedding anniversary with his wife.
September 28, 2017 Slab in deadly Yosemite rockfall was 'size of an apartment building' The identity of a person killed in California's Yosemite National Park remained unknown early Thursday after a granite slab described as "the size of an apartment building" fell off the face of El Capitan the day before.
September 26, 2017 Gold mining proposal near Yellowstone wins regulatory approval A Canada company’s controversial bid to prospect for gold near Yellowstone National Park has won approval from Montana regulators despite local opposition.
