The small town of Bluff in southeastern Utah — near several national monuments including Bears Ears — has been granted a new international dark sky designation. Obtaining a designation from the global ...

Utah conservation groups are lining up to oppose a move by the state's congressional delegation that would jeopardize the ...

What will happen at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah if the monument's management plan is tossed out?

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Two federal agencies recently approved the resource management plan for Bears Ears National Monument, even as one freshman lawmaker from Utah wants to strip presidential authority to create monuments.

A judge Friday dismissed a lawsuit from the state of Utah challenging President Joe Biden's restoration of two sprawling national monuments in the state that were downsized by President Donald Trump.