Brian Maffly Reporter
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  • The Salt Lake Tribune
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Brian Maffly covers Utah's public lands for The Salt Lake Tribune.

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Focus Areas

  • Public Land
  • Environment

318 Articles
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UDOT contractor razes trees for Provo Canyon trail

UDOT has started construction on the $44.5 million Provo River Parkway trail project, razing hundreds of trees in Pro...

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With record runoff comes threat of landslides

Utah braces for potential landslides this spring as its record-setting snowpacks melt and saturate soils near populat...

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Skiing Utah’s newest resort requires $500,000 membership fee and other takeaways from our report ...

A private ski area under development in Utah, which will be for the exclusive use of the residents of an exclusive re...

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Utah’s newest ski resort is for the megarich only

A private ski area under development in Utah, which will be for the exclusive use of the residents of an exclusive re...

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Film production led by Kevin Costner damaged wildlife habitat in the Swell

Kevin Costner's film production company suspected of damaging cultural sites while shooting "Horizon, an American Sag...

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Land deals advance Bonneville Shoreline Trail

Trust for Public Land is wrapping up up some land deals that will advance Bonneville Shoreline Trail completion throu...

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Gas well ruptures in Grand County

Well failure in Grand Canyon disrupts Jeep Safari after gas escapes for three days.

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Audit targets San Juan commissioners’ work with outside lawyer

A legislative audit found two San Juan County commissioners meetings with an outside lawyer violated transparency rules

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Biden administration unveils conservation vision for public land management

The Biden administration on Thursday proposed a sweeping overhaul of the way public lands are managed, adjusting prio...

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Federal judge tosses out Utah wildfire lawsuit

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by a property owner who alleged the Forest Service's handling of the...

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Rock climbing was born in wilderness, but does its hardware belong there?

Should fixed anchors needed for rock climbing be allowed inside wilderness? Utah Rep. John Curtis has introduced a bi...

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Who is shooting Utah’s Onaqui wild horses?

The Bureau of Land Management has posted a $22,500 rewarded for information about the shooting deaths of two wild hor...

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