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Mt. Waterman Ski Area, CA, Can’t Open Because This Year’s Epic Snowfall Has Destroyed the Only Road to Get There

You could single handily say that California just had the most historic winter season ever on record for much of the high terrain, and this even includes parts of southern California, which is saying a lot! This historic snowfall has caused increased pressure and demands on Caltrans (California Department of Transportation) to do their job and meet all areas needing […]
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Matthew Oliphant |
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US Forest Service Memo Proposes More Logging, Mining And Oil

The US Forest Service (USFS) released a memo which proposes to increase the usage of public land for more useful purposes, and environmental groups are concerned. Bosses at USFS seek approval of logging, drilling, mining on public lands to be quicker. They want to increase the productivity of National Forests and Grasslands, value Nation’s grazing heritage and National Grasslands, increasing […]
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Rouchelle Gilmore |
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Land Swap in the Central Wasatch, UT: Conservation, Expansion, and Grizzly Gulch

Wasatch, Little Cottonwood

The Central Wasatch National Conservation and Recreation Area Act is up for discussion in Central Wasatch Commission meetings.  After being introduced in 2016, the bill was never enacted and has been debated for the past two years.  While the conservation act encourages protection of pristine land in higher elevations in the canyons, there are underlying suspicions about the future of the Cottonwoods. Central Wasatch National […]
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Katy Shipley |
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