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
almost 2 years ago
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Utah hunting guide charged in Donald Trump Jr. hunt faces new criminal allegations

Utah hunting guide Wade Lemon faces felony poaching charges in an alleged fraud perpetrated on Donald Trump Jr. and a...

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almost 2 years ago
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Water agreement resolves Utah’s long-standing dispute over Navajo Nation’s rights to the Colorado

Utah completes historic agreement with Navajo Nation that resolves dispute over water rights and commits $200 million...

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almost 2 years ago
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Utah Inland Port fast-tracks bid to acquire LDS Church land for rail operations

The Utah Inland Port Authority boards is seeking to condemn property owned by LDS Church for use as a rail hub that o...

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almost 2 years ago
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One in three homes in Utah has dangerous radon levels. Here’s what can be done

Radon exposure is believed to have killed more than 6,000 Utahns in past 30 years. Officials are proposing measures t...

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almost 2 years ago
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Utah Legislature to consider rescuing the Great Salt Lake with seawater from the Pacific

Utah lawmakers are giving serious thought to building a pipeline to the Pacific to move seawater to the shrinking Gre...

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almost 2 years ago
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Utah lawmakers approve Bears Ears land swap

The Utah Legislature signed off on swap that gives the trust lands administration, or SITLA, 165,000 federal acres in...

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almost 2 years ago
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Salt Lake County mining ban draws lawsuit from Parleys quarry developers

The proponents of a limestone quarry in Parleys Canyon are suing to invalidate a ban on new mines recently adopted by...

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almost 2 years ago
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Tiny Toquerville wants 600 acres of public land for massive recreation destination

A small Washington County town is looking to acquire public land along Interstate 15 that private developers would tu...

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almost 2 years ago
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BLM to acquire Henry Mountains inholdings, but at what cost?

Utah’s remote Henry Mountains in Garfield County are home to free-roaming herd of bison. A land trade is in the works...

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almost 2 years ago
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Orrin Hatch remembered at funeral as a regular guy who loved music and embraced adversaries

The late Sen. Orrin Hatch, one of Utah's most influential political figures, was remembered at a Salt Lake City servi...

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almost 2 years ago
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When the land wouldn’t support septic tanks, a Provo Canyon subdivision tries its own mini sewer ...

A developer is hoping to demonstrate the viability of on-site treatment, officially known as “Large Underground Waste...

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almost 2 years ago
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Spilling water from Flaming Gorge to feed Lake Powell, feds will try to keep Glen Canyon Dam oper...

Low water threatens power generation at Glen Canyon Dam, so feds drawing water from Flaming Gorge and sending it down...

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