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Forests And Wilderness

National parks cut back on free days

Money needed for backlogged maintenance

DATE: Dec 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S. Forest Service didn’t call for pulling its land from Bears Ears, USDA nominee tells Senate Democrats

WASHINGTON – Two senior Senate Democrats want President Donald Trump to explain why he’s poised to remove protections for U.S. Forest Service land in the Bears Ears National Monument when th...

DATE: Dec 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bears Ears could be reduced by 1 million acres, documents show

Critics worry revamped plans would hurt economies, cultural sites

DATE: Nov 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

President Trump to visit Utah on Monday

To announce plans to shrink Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments

DATE: Nov 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

State attorneys general bash plan to hike national park fees

A group of state attorneys general on Wednesday urged the National Park Service to scrap its proposal to more than double the entrance fee at 17 popular national parks. The top go...

DATE: Nov 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Fixing Colorado’s forests with the help of ‘citizen science’

FRISCO – The pine beetle came to Summit County in 2005, turning scores of trees red and creeping higher up the mountainsides each year. Twelve years later, nearly every stand of l...

DATE: Nov 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Trump to shrink Bears Ears

Tribes say they’re ready for legal fight

DATE: Oct 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Park Service considers higher entry fees at 17 national parks

Hike double in some parks, triple in others

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

National Park Service survey finds widespread harassment

1 in 10 employees report being harassed; agency promises action

DATE: Oct 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Climber killed in fall in Rocky Mountain National Park

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – Officials say a climber has died after falling 50 feet in Rocky Mountain National Park. Park officials say 66-year-old Henry Gholz of Fort Collins...

DATE: Oct 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Additional parking lot proposed for Sand Canyon trailhead

Additional lot would include new connector trail

DATE: Sep 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Interior chief urges shrinking 4 national monuments in West

Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante would shrink

DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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