President Trump's proposed budget called the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, "unnecessary." Advocates, however, pointed to raising utility bills and limits on state support.

The project is meant to move groundwater to the Cedar City area, where officials say there's increased demand. Opponents, however, worry about the impact on farmers, wildlife, and future generations.

While the agency's headquarters is coming to Salt Lake City, it's consolidating research stations to a hub in Fort Collins, Colorado, closing facilities in Utah and other Mountain West states.

A female grizzly was previously relocated to Wyoming to improve genetic connectivity — a factor that has prevented Western states from taking grizzlies off the Endangered Species Act.

Just 1.4 million acre feet of Colorado River water is expected to reach Lake Powell through July. That's less than a quarter of what's considered normal.

The region has long depended on coal production and power plants, but many of those facilities have shut down, leaving local leaders searching for new economic pathways.

Chronic wasting disease is on the rise in Utah. Scientists explain how it spreads, what symptoms to watch for, and how the public can help track it.

The new ruling could be a setback for the Trump administration's attempts to loosen habitat protections. However, a federal committee has also voted to exempt Gulf of Mexico drilling from the act.

The move is part of a "sweeping restructuring," which the agency said is intended to move leaders closer to the land they oversee. Others, however, expressed concern about changes.

With the United State's 250th birthday this year, however, domestic travel is expected to increase — pushing advocates and politicians to ask Congress to renew a key fund for overdue parks repairs.