Temperatures at the start dropped to minus 2 with wind gusts of 50 mph. Even Interstate 80 carried cautions to any driver brave enough to venture along its winding lanes. Just enough snow covered the ground to whip against our legs in a fury of white. In ... See more
State agricultural officials killed three gray wolves in the north-central part of Utah on Jan. 9 in an effort to prevent the predators from establishing breeding pairs in the state. The three wolves were discovered near livestock operations, says Utah De... See more
We made a deal: one Jolly Rancher for every mile. After bushwhacking for 30 minutes, my daughter and I sat on a steep cliff face for the second time that morning, waiting for my husband to find a barely marked trail. We agreed to amend the deal: Now it wa... See more
The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a resolution Wednesday that puts a copper-nickel mine on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness one step closer to reality. Taking an unprecedented approach to using the relatively novel Con... See more
Utah inked an agreement with the U.S. Forest Service last week that gives state officials a bigger say in how its roughly 8 million acres of national forests are managed. The deal is a step toward what U.S. Forest Service chief Tom Schultz called a new “r... See more
