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Off-roading groups and the State of Utah filed legal challenges to keep Moab trails open to vehicles after federal officials announced large-scale closures in September.

Sorry, environmentalists, that pavement can stay on Utah’s scenic Burr Trail Brian Maffly © Provided by Salt Lake Tribune Garfield County chip-sealed this 7.50-mile stretch of the Burr Trail within days of getting the BLMs approval. An environmental lawsuit seeking to unpave parts of southern Utah’s famed Burr Trail has hit a dead end after a federal judge concluded the Bureau of Land Management conducted an adequate review of the project that some fear is increasing vehi...

Judge taps brakes on drilling in Utah wilderness on eve of federal OK Construction crews are poised to start work in the newly designated wilderness preserve but a judge will decide whether they can fire up their engines. (Courtesy photo by Ray Bloxham, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance) An energy company hoped to begin drilling for helium starting Wednesday on this site in the newly designated Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness. Environmentalists have gone to court to prevent the Bureau of Land Man...