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Can Anybody Solve the Spree of Petroglyph Destruction? Daniel Modlin © Provided by The Daily Beast Federica Grassi/Getty In early April, Richard Gilbert, a 36-year-old climber, was climbing an easy route in Utah when he bolted into a well-known petroglyph called the “Sunshine Wall” created by the Fremont people who lived in the region roughly a millennium ago. In a since-deleted post, he said it was an accident and mistook the petroglyph for graffiti, writing, “honestly...

“That is disturbing... I thought at this day and age we would all respect one another’s identity,” said Woody Lee, executive director of Utah Diné Bikéyah, when he was informed about the recent vandalism of the Birthing Rock petroglyphs. [Read “1,000-year-old petroglyphs marred by graffiti” -ed.] “Civilization here is supposed to be at a higher level, and yet we degrade ourselves by doing stuff like this,” Lee said. UDB is a nonprofit with representative...

Can the White Mesa uranium mill shake southern Utah’s radioactive past? Regulations on uranium mining and milling have grown far more stringent over the last 40 years, but opposition remains strong. (Courtesy of Dom Smith | EcoFlight) Energy Fuels White Mesa Mill near Blanding, Utah, is the last conventional uranium mill still operating in the United States.   | Jan. 30, 2021, 1:00 p.m. San Juan County • When Mark Chalmers began working in the uranium industry in the 1970s, robust regulat...

Can the White Mesa uranium mill shake southern Utah’s radioactive past? Zak Podmore © Dom Smith (Courtesy of Dom Smith | EcoFlight) Energy Fuels White Mesa Mill near Blanding, Utah, is the last conventional uranium mill still operating in the United States. San Juan County • When Mark Chalmers began working in the uranium industry in the 1970s, robust regulations on radioactive material were just starting to emerge in the United States. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission w...