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Environmental groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service over a project that would remove trees in the Ashley National Forest, which includes a large section of the Uinta Mountain range and Flaming Gorge reservoir in northeastern Utah. Filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for Utah’s Central Division, the Center for Biological Diversity, Yellowstone to Uintas […] The post Lawsuit looks to stop U.S. Forest Service project in Utah’s Uinta Mountains appeared first on Utah News D...

Environmental groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service over a project that would remove trees in the Ashley National Forest, which includes a large section of the Uinta Mountain range and Flaming Gorge reservoir in northeastern Utah. Filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for Utah’s Central Division, the Center for Biological Diversity, Yellowstone to Uintas […] The post Lawsuit looks to stop U.S. Forest Service project in Utah’s Uinta Mountains appeared first on Utah News D...

The Forest Service estimates the beetles killed about two-thirds of the north slope’s lodgepole pine and Engelmann spruce trees over a seven-year span.

The Forest Service estimates the beetles killed about two-thirds of the north slope’s lodgepole pine and Engelmann spruce trees over a seven-year span.

Federal foresters are working to remove trees from the Uinta Mountains that were killed off by massive beetle infestations starting in the early 2000s.

Utah filmmakers describe their different perspectives on growing up in Utah and getting into the film industry.

From Native American food and art to folk music, Utahs summer is slated to be one of diverse culture and entertainment! Here are just a few of the unique festivals you can attend in Utah this summer.

Wolverine appears on Antelope Island Brian Maffly © Provided by Salt Lake Tribune (James Shook | The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources) Visitors to Utah’s Antelope Island shot this photograph of a wolverine on May 4 running across Bridger Bay at the northwest end of the island in the Great Salt Lake. The rare predator is almost never seen in Utah, but state wildlife biologists have confirmed the animal in this and other photos and video footage shot Tuesday appears to be ...

| Updated: March 6, 2021, 12:35 a.m. Citing decades of conflict with the state over water, the Ute Indian Tribe is upset with a freshly passed bill that would set up a new state agency to advance Utah’s interests in the Colorado River, potentially at the expense of the tribe’s more senior rights. On Wednesday, tribal Chairman Luke Duncan sent a letter to Gov. Spencer Cox, insisting on guarantees that the newly proposed Colorado River Authority of Utah wouldn’t take steps that would dimin...

What about us? Ute Tribe asks as Utah moves to protect its share of the Colorado River. Brian Maffly © Francisco Kjolseth (Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Hite Crossing Bridge stretches over the Colorado River as it flows into Lake Powell near Hite Marina on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. The Ute Indian Tribe worries that the newly proposed Colorado River Authority of Utah could deprive the tribe of its rights to the rivers water. Citing decades of conflict with the state o...