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In late April, at the site known as Birthing Rock near Moab, Utah, vandals defaced thousand-year-old petroglyphs, scrawling the words “white power” and other obscene graffiti, including an ejaculating penis, across the red sandstone. Only one of the boulder’s four petroglyph panels remained unscathed. The vandalism came just a few weeks after a rock climber bolted climbing routes over petroglyphs near the Sunshine Slabs, north of Utah’s Arches National Park.   “I think people view these (incidents) as a victimless crime, and they are not.” The recent acts of vandalism are a remi...

Ancient Native Americans may have cultivated medicinal plants in Bears Ears, study finds Brian Maffly © Provided by Salt Lake Tribune (The Natural History Museum of Utah) University of Utah anthropologist Brian Codding surveys an archaeological site in the Bears Ears region, documenting the presence of plants with cultural importance to Native Americans. U. researchers and their Indigenous colleagues found 31 plant species that grow at such sites, suggesting the Ancestral Puebloans, who occupied these lands centuries ago, carried these plants to these locations where they c...

Monday May 17, 2021 Governor Spencer Cox has said Utah will likely sue if President Joe Biden enlarges Bears Ears National Monument, but experts say that could be a hard case to win. Plus, Utah officials are cutting back on jobless benefits, a move critics say will hurt thousands of recipients. And, water is again flowing in the Colorado River’s delta in northern Mexico.  Show Notes Photo: Friends of Cedar Mesa Director Josh Ewing points to petroglyphs at Sand Island Campground. The area was taken out of Bears Ears National Monument when the boundaries were redrawn in 2017. Kate Groetzing...

KUER Friends of Cedar Mesa Director Josh Ewing points to petroglyphs at Sand Island Campground. The area was taken out of Bears Ears National Monument when the boundaries were redrawn in 2017. Just five miles west of Bluff in southern San Juan County, there’s a campground called Sand Island. It’s nestled between a steep cliff and the bank of the San Juan River, and it’s home to some of the oldest rock art in America. Renee Bright President Barack Obama designated roughly 1.35 million acres in San Juan County as Bears Ears National Monument in December 2016. Josh Ewing is the director o...

Would you pay more to camp in Capitol Reef National Park? The park in south-central Utah is seeking public comment about a camping fee increase starting next year, a Monday press release said. For the Fruita Campground, with 71 campsites, the nightly rate would increase from $20 to $25. If you have a lifetime pass, it would increase from $10 to $12.50. And for the Group Campsite, with a 40 person capacity, fares would increase $100 to $125.  "The proposed fee increase would bring the park in line with other parks that provide similar services and experiences," the press release said. Accordi...