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

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  • Public Land
  • Environment

318 Articles
about 2 years ago
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Vast reaches of Utah’s West Desert could be leased for geothermal power

The geothermal industry is looking to develop public lands in Utah's West Desert for renewable energy.

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about 2 years ago
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Court says it can’t stop rancher who tribe says has been illegally tapping its water for decades

Uinta Basin rancher Gregory McKee, who is a non-American Indian, has been drawing water from irrigation canals runnin...

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about 2 years ago
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As water supplies dwindle, Wash Co. seeks to pump acquifer

Residents of rural New Harmony and Kanarraville fear a proposed groundwater pumping plan would come at their expense.

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about 2 years ago
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Utah DWR to auction antlers and furs from poached wildlife

Utah wildlife officials are auctioning off hundreds of antlers seized in poaching investigations.

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about 2 years ago
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BLM wants bidders to reclaim unplugged wells as condition for getting oil and gas leases

If you lease public lands for oil and gas, you may be on the hook for plugging old wells under reforms unveiled last ...

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about 2 years ago
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BLM issues first solar lease on public lands in Utah

Utah BLM issues leases to support a 600-megawatt solar array in Beaver County, the first utility-scale solar project ...

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about 2 years ago
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After 15-month pause, BLM to resume selling oil and gas leases

Stepped-up leasing will not likely dampen soaring gasoline and diesel prices since it won’t have much impact on oil p...

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about 2 years ago
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SITLA pleads for Legislature’s approval of Bears Ears land swap

Utah trust lands officials hope to trade state land in and around Bears Ears for 142,000 acres of BLM land with devel...

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about 2 years ago
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EPA rejects Utah’s claim that its ozone pollution comes from Asia

Editor’s note • This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journal...

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about 2 years ago
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Salt Lake County has blocked new mining, but will the zoning ordinance hold up against legal chal...

Did the Salt Lake Council break a 2019 law protecting the mining of "critical infrastructure materials?"

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about 2 years ago
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Salt Lake County bans new mines in Wasatch foothills and canyons

In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, the Salt Lake County Council amended the county’s zoning ordinances to ban new mining...

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about 2 years ago
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Utah doctor banned from Denali in conviction stemming from rescue

Jason Lance, 48, of Mountain Green, was also accused of destroying evidence of his misconduct in the May 2021 episode...

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