The license plates are starting to turn green here in town, and that means it is almost spring! As such, the Colorado Plateau is on my mind a bit…
- The current administration plans some development in the place formerly known as Bears Ears. There may or may not be a little spin-doctoring.
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LAIKEN JORDAHL/CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Cacti that are over 200 years old and have sacred significance have been chopped down
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Acting BLM Director William Perry Pendley stands in the mostly empty suite of offices at the agency’s new planned headquarters in Grand Junction, Colo.
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- A plan to put an extended road network in Canyonlands National Park never came to fruition. The Vietnam War made funds scarce, and by the 1980s, the views changed.
- A fantastic short video about “The story of the 1938 conquest of the Colorado River by ‘Buzz’ Holmstron – joined by Amos Burg and Willis Johnson – who was the first man ever to navigate the river alone in a boat.”
- And speaking of the Colorado River, climate change will adversely affect the flow of this storied river.
- The “Into The Wild bus” routinely sees visitors getting in over their heads. And local officials want to move it after the latest incident.
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File photo of the abandoned bus where Christopher McCandless starved to death in 1992 near Healy, Alaska. Jillian Rogers, AP
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“Moab’s Slickrock Trail spared from energy leasing as BLM withdraws plans” Considering I just did trail work, timely news!
- Interesting insight on how, and why, mountains are renamed.