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Open Thread: Share your fears, hopes, and predictions for the second Trump administration
Yesterday morning, in the hours before Donald Trump was inaugurated, I figured it was a good time to ask y’all about your predictions, hopes, and fears…
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The Donald Trump Burr Trail? Oy!
Plus: More Biden public lands action; uranium mine safety violations
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SCOTUS kills Utah land grab
Plus: Mining Monitor; Reading the L.A. fires
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Trump 2.0: What to expect regarding public lands and the environment
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On governance by spite and the future of Bears Ears
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About that FB EV-bashing meme
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Luxury houseboat sinks on Lake Powell
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My life with bikes
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Photo Tuesday: A road trip around a corner of the Colorado Plateau
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Bill Simon, 1944-2025
Plus: Thoughts on L.A. fires and Mining Monitor
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Hay is sucking the Great Salt Lake dry
New study finds cattle-feed irrigation is primary culprits in water body's shrinkage
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New Year snowpack update: Bold beginning tapers off
But there's still a lot of snow season left
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The Best of the Land Desk, 2024
We round up the most popular dispatches of the year
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SNOWSCREEN CHAPTER V (rerun): The Tannenbaum Tussle reaches a fiery climax
Re-upping the chapter where we left off last season, this time for everyone!
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Congress passes mining cleanup bill, at last
⛏️Mining Monitor ⛏️
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Primer: Acid Mine Drainage
Acid mine drainage may be the perfect poison. It kills fish. It kills bugs. It kills the birds that eat the bugs that live in streams tainted by the…
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