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Trump revokes OHV restrictions for public lands
A herd of “side-by-side” OHVs on BLM land just outside the boundaries of Capitol Reef National Park. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.
🌵 Public Lands 🌲
The Trump administration is attacking public lands again, this time in an apparent...
Green River nuke's back on the table; Hole-in-the-Rock road paved
☢️ Nuke Notice ⚛
Sprinkler and fields outside Green River, Utah. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.
Blue Castle Holdings is proposing to build a nuclear power plant in Green River, Utah. You have not gone through a time warp, nor is this...
On misleading public lands coverage
Big Indian Rock in the Lisbon Valley, not far from the Velvet-Wood Mine and other prospective uranium prospects. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.
🌵 Public Lands 🌲
One good thing the Trump administration’s and the GOP’s attack on publi...
Climate change comes for a Lake Powell marina
🐟 Colorado River Chronicles 💧
A mini-sandstorm partially obscures the Bullfrog Marina on Lake Powell. Dropping reservoir levels are forcing officials to move the marina to a deeper part of the lake. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.
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Spring runoff has peaked!
Fresh snow frosts the Henry Mountains in southern Utah on May 18, 2026, as seen from Bullfrog Marina on Lake Powell. A mid-May heat spell, when the mercury topped out at nearly 100° F in Bluff, Utah, finished off the high-mountain snowpack...
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Writer, editor, runner, roamer, author of River of Lost Souls, Sagebrush Empire and Behind the Slickrock Curtain.
Frodeman, a resident of Hoback, Wyoming, is editor (with Luther Propst and Evelyn Brister) of A Watershed Moment: The American West in the Age of Limits (University of Utah Press, 2024).
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