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Lake Powell's bad math persists; USFS greenlights AZ mine; AZ river runs dry
Plus: Faraday's Copper Creek project has deep-pocketed backers
Jul 10
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Havasupai Tribe slams AZ regulators over uranium mine arsenic easing
Plus: Wildfires keep on burning, and the weather isn't helping
Jul 7
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USDA chief: Give me more cattle in the national forests!
Plus a Messing with Maps look back at the summer of 1776
Jul 3
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I was wrong about Trump, okay!?
Oct 7, 2025
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The Colorado River Crisis is Here
Feb 16
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Abysmal math on the Colorado River
Apr 14
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On misleading public lands coverage
May 26
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Climate change comes for a Lake Powell marina
May 22
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Public land sell-off amendment is a test
May 9, 2025
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Climate, conflagrations, and calamities
Plus: A little meditation on the water-energy-ag nexus
Jun 30
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Utah's legal bid to kill Bears Ears, GSENM monuments lives on; BLM looks to open Utah land to motorheads; and Hoback water woes ...
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Jun 26
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My million-dollar hometown!? + Warmest water year + Trump guts more public land protections
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Jun 23
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Foto Friday and Juneteenth rest day
I had a few dispatches lined up for today, one about gentrification and another about data centers, and then I realized it was a national holiday…
Jun 19
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MAGA fails to derail GESNM plan; Trump looks to tweak WSA management, climbing rules
Plus: A guest commentary on Colorado River allocation
Jun 16
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To Lees or not to Lee's; Mike Lee goes after roadless rule; Trump steps up oil and gas leasing
Plus a dash of historical mass murder and its connection to today's copyediting and political battles
Jun 12
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San Juan Basin fossil fuel industries keep polluting, even as they fade away
It's time to launch a land-healing and restoration economy
Jun 9
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