Brian Maffly Reporter
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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
over 1 year ago
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Key takeaways from the failed sale of Utah’s Tabby Mountain

Editor’s note: This is a synopsis of the Tribune’s new reporting on what led to SITLA’s failed sale of Tabby Mountain...

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over 1 year ago
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How Utah’s Tabby Mountain got caught up in a political hailstorm

In 2019, the Ute Indian Tribe outbid the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to buy 28,500 acres of state trust lands...

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over 1 year ago
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Utah’s Lila Canyon coal mine is burning; no injuries reported

A fire is burning inside the Lila Canyon coal mine, Utah's most productive mine in the Book Cliffs of Emery County.

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over 1 year ago
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Toquerville pulls out of proposed sports complex deal with BLM

The tiny Utah town of Toquerville has withdrawn its proposal to develop a massive sports complex on neighboring publi...

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over 1 year ago
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Cardiff Fork trails in Cottonwood Canyon are closed. Where are they and how did we get here?

Here are key takeaways from controversial changes in access to Cardiff Fork, a Big Cottonwood side canyon with a hist...

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over 1 year ago
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Big Cottonwood Canyon trails no longer open to public after Forest Service agreement collapses

Hikers and skiers have lost access to an alpine outdoor destination thanks to a dispute between private property owne...

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over 1 year ago
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Goal of Utah’s monument lawsuit: Take down the Antiquities Act

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

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over 1 year ago
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Proposed sand mine near Dinosaur shelved by unlikely allies — red tape and sage grouse

A proposed sand quarry on public land near Dinosaur National Monument has been sidetracked into a bureaucratic inquir...

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over 1 year ago
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Already facing a historic drought, design issues and permitting dog Lake Powell pipeline plan

There has been almost no movement on the proposed pipeline that would divert 86,000 acre-feet of the Colorado River's...

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over 1 year ago
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BLM begins Bears Ears planning process just after Utah sues to revoke monument’s restoration

A day after Utah filed suit to erase the Bears Ears National Monument's restored boundaries, the Bureau of Land Manag...

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over 1 year ago
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Utah files suit challenging Biden’s monument restoration

Utah leaders file suit seeking to reverse President Biden's executive orders restoring the Bears Ears and Grand Stair...

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over 1 year ago
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Regulator approves Parleys Canyon quarry, but with conditions that could forestall any mining

Utah mining regulators issue a permit for a controversial limestone quarry proposed in Parleys Canyon, but with numer...

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