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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
over 2 years ago
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Is Utah’s mild fire season turning ugly? Explosive Parleys Canyon Fire highlights fire risks

Until Saturday, Utah’s 2021 fire season had not quite lived up to the dire predictions officials offered back in May ...

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Utah reservoirs run out of water, raising concerns about future water availability

“Utah is currently relying on stored water from past years," according to Candice Hasenyager, planning chief for the ...

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over 2 years ago
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Lottery system in the works for hiking Zion’s Angels Landing

Zion National Park is proposing a lottery system to regulate the number of people on the half-mile Angels Landing tra...

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over 2 years ago
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New Utah snail species discovered in the Uintas

Utah state biologists discovered a snail species new to the state in the Uinta Mountains, bring to 125 the number of ...

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over 2 years ago
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Feds release Uinta rail environmental impact statement as environmentalists ramp up opposition in...

An oil-hauling railway for the Uinta Basin took a big stride forward Friday with the release of an environmental impa...

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over 2 years ago
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Boater drowns in Lake Powell after jumping in to help his kids

A Lake Powell boater is dead after jumping into the lake to assist his child who was struggling to stay above the water.

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over 2 years ago
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Air quality remains poor as West Coast smoke continues to linger over much of Utah

Salt Lake City's air quality is no longer the worst in the world, but it's still pretty nasty with little relief in s...

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over 2 years ago
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Utah Lake can be saved without massive dredging sought be developers, experts say

Orem • Utah Lake might be a mess, but its ecological health is recovering thanks to various projects to restore shore...

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over 2 years ago
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July was Salt Lake City’s hottest on record

According to weather data gathered at the Salt Lake City International Airport, the average temperature for July was ...

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over 2 years ago
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Utah’s oil and gas industry is as busy now as it was during Trump’s ‘energy dominance’ era

There were just three rigs drilling in Utah’s oil and gas fields last January when newly installed President Joe Bide...

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over 2 years ago
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Concrete spill from 1-215 construction wipes out fish in Mill Creek

Concrete slurry was washed into Mill Creek Thursday from the Interstate-215 reconstruction site, killing trout for mi...

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over 2 years ago
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For Utah, the war on wolf protections seems to never end

Claiming wolves would destroy big game, Utah is heading to court in hopes of defending a Trump-era decision to strip ...

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