Conservation

Due to the level of difficulty surrounding land permits, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has opened the Endangered Species Act to suggestions on how to better streamline these permits.

With very little news on Colorado River negotiations, top policymakers chose to skip an annual water conference this week, leaving the discussion to other experts.

A Republican representative from the Mountain West led an effort Wednesday to remove a controversial provision to sell 450,000 acres of federal land in Nevada and Utah from the House reconciliation bill.

Thanks to Wyoming-based company 'Infinite Outdoors', private landowners in Colorado and Wyoming are now letting people cross through their property for free to access these acres.

Forests are beyond amazing! As a field ecologist for the U.S. Forest Service, and chairing the Smithfield City Tree Committee, their branches and roots have penetrated deep into my heartwood!

The Utah Rivers Council has teamed up with several cities to offer $57 rain barrels as a way to conserve water and support Great Salt Lake.

A federal forest grant that conservationists rely on to fund monitoring and removal of the invasive and tenacious Russian olive tree has been frozen by the Trump administration.

Shoutout to the public servants who have dedicated their lives and careers to preserving and protecting our national treasures and making America a better place, one trail at a time.

In other news, Bangerter Highway was closed near Riverton Friday morning after construction crews hit a gas line.

The waters of Great Salt Lake are rising to begin the new year, and experts hope that run will continue after recent storm activity within its basin.