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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
almost 3 years ago
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Ancient Native Americans may have cultivated medicinal plants in Bears Ears, study finds

University of Utah scientists document 31 plants important to Native Americans at 25 archaeological sites in the Bear...

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almost 3 years ago
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How BYU scientists struck pharmaceutical gold — and the fight over who keeps the money

BYU awarded nearly $130 million to biochemistry professor Daniel Simmons for his role creating Celebrex. Two other fo...

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almost 3 years ago
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Kane County paid $483,000 to nonprofit fighting Biden conservation plan

Kane County paid $483,000 to American Stewards of Liberty, who is fighting Biden's 30 by 30 conservation plan

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almost 3 years ago
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Are SLC’s long-awaited foothill trails falling flat?

Salt Lake City's multi-million dollar trail plan turns the Wasatch foothills over to mountain bikers, critics say

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almost 3 years ago
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How reserving campsites in Utah became a nightmare. And what you can do about it.

Visits to Utah’s 44 state parks skyrocketed last year to 10.6 million. The parks’ campground bookings have also soare...

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almost 3 years ago
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Biden unveils plan to conserve 30% of the U.S.

President Joe Biden’s land and water conservation plan, released Thursday under the title “America the Beautiful,” hi...

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almost 3 years ago
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Wolverine appears on Antelope Island

Biologists believe there are just 250 to 300 wolverines left in the Northern Rockies.

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almost 3 years ago
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Utah’s largest fire of 2020 torched the Uintas’ south slope, but it may have done some good

The East Fork fire burned 90,000 acres on the Uinta Mountains' south slope last year, making it Utah's largest fire o...

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almost 3 years ago
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Washington County to build a reservoir and park at Toquerville

A 115- acre reservoir is being planned on Ash Creek outside the Washington County town of Toquerville.

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almost 3 years ago
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Bear Lake’s sterile lake trout are headed to other Idaho lakes

Utah and Idaho are teaming up on a study of non-native lake trout at Bear Lake, which has been stocked with sterile f...

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almost 3 years ago
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Dino-mite Utah discovery bolsters theory that T. rexes, like lions, hunted in packs

The discovery of several tyrannosaurs that apparently died together on Utah’s Kaiparowits Plateau, inside the Grand S...

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over 3 years ago
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This gift means the Great Salt Lake’s bird sanctuary is now larger and better protected

A land donation worth at least $1 million has expanded by 413 acres the Audubon Society's Gillmor Sanctuary, a haven ...

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