NewsRack: 'Policy' news in 'Land-Regional' topic for user flenvcenter

Budget cuts mean longer lines and overflowing trash cans at parks	24.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
National and state parks will be open for business this summer, but it won't be business as usual: Washington's sledgehammer budget cuts and fewer state dollars will result in overflowing trash
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Tavaci rezoning application filed with Salt Lake County	24.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 23, 2013 03:57PM MDT Tavaci is back. Developer Terry Diehl’s controversial proposal to transform the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon with a high-density project — which at one time included a hotel, commercial operations and perhaps 300 condominiums — has been revived in Salt Lake County’s planning and development process. Diehl’s company, Cottonwood Estates Development, has filed an application to rezone 47 acres on the northern flank of the canyon mouth from FR.5, which requires minimum half-acre lots, to “FM-10 F... ...
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Wildfire bills set for governor's signature	23.5.2013	Denver Post: All Political News
CORTEZ, Colo.—Wildfire prevention measures passed after Colorado's tragic wildfire season last year are expected to be signed into law Thursday by Gov.
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Bipartisan bill on chemical safety produced by senators	23.5.2013	Denver Post: All Political News
WASHINGTON — The U.S. law on chemical safety is 37 years old, riddled with exceptions and widely considered ineffective — so much so that the government hasn't even tried to restrict
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Tesla Motors fully repays $465 million federal loan nine years early	23.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
In a huge boost for the Obama Administration and clean-energy firms, electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors announced Wednesday that it has paid back its $465 million government loan in full and
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Hike of the week: Adams Canyon	23.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 22, 2013 02:19PM MDT Directions • Adams Canyon is a fairly steep, strenuous hike with an awesome waterfall payoff located about 30 minutes from Salt Lake City. To get there, take Interstate 15 north to Highway 89 (exit 324). Take a right on 1200 North, which is a stop sign just north of Oak Hills Drive, then a right again for the frontage road. Follow it to the dirt parking area. Entrance to the hike is a labeled opening in a chain link fence. The path starts out steep and sandy, then drops down into the canyon ... ...
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Group says Utah’s public lands takeover will harm schoolkids	23.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 22, 2013 12:49PM MDT A network of Utah educators and community leaders is organizing a campaign to fight the state’s controversial program to wrest control of public lands and rights of way from the federal government, calling it a waste that hurts schoolchildren. Spearheaded by Salt Lake City school board member Heather Bennett and other activists, the group unveiled For Kids and Lands at Liberty Park Wednesday. “It is not helpful to take these stands against the federal government, which will doubtless result in ... ...
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Canyons marred by development	22.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Ray Diehl Published May 22, 2013 01:01AM MDT By ray diehl With the end of ski season, mountain areas transition to summer uses. Salt Lake area ski resorts generally work on upgrades to their facilities. Along with this comes the seemingly endless pursuit of new skiable terrain. Meanwhile, the jewel of the Wasatch, the Cottonwood canyons, slowly disappear under the weight of resort expansion. Who are the true beneficiaries of the unbridled development? The Cottonwood canyons have suffered significantly over the last 150-plus years due to... ...
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Maroon Bells visitors will see different fee structure	22.5.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
ASPEN — The U.S. Forest Service is making a simple, seemingly insignificant change to its fee-collection system at the Maroon Bells this summer, but the move is tied to a national fight
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Boulder County's oil, gas moratorium to end June 10	22.5.2013	Denver Post: Business
Boulder County's oil, gas moratorium to end June 10
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Susan Powell’s brother-in-law went from affable to suspicious	22.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brooke Adams and Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 22, 2013 01:01AM MDT Tacoma, Wash. • Of the Powell men, Michael Powell was the one people liked, and often trusted. Steve Powell wrote of missing his son Michael while he was gone. Josh Powell relied on Michael, his brother, to help him move and later to watch his children. Susan Powell’s father, Chuck Cox, wrote West Valley City police worrying his missing daughter was held prisoner by Steve Powell. But Cox specified that Michael Powell probably wouldn’t go along with it. Kiirsi Hellewell on Monday told reporte... ...
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Colorado craft breweries land in close-in Denver suburbs	22.5.2013	Denver Post: Food
Colorado's craft beer renaissance knows no geographic boundaries. Breweries have taken root in small towns and urban neighborhoods, in industrial parks and on farms.
Guest Commentary: Protect the Divide	22.5.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
At the base of Mount Sopris, a few miles south of Carbondale where Thompson Creek and the Crystal River merge, sits land my family has stewarded since my great-great grandfather, Myron Thompson, homesteaded it in the late 19th century.
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Feds continue to investigate Susan Powell’s disappearance, attorney says	22.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brooke Adams The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 21, 2013 01:34PM MDT Seattle • An attorney for the parents of missing woman Susan Powell said Tuesday there is an ongoing federal investigation in Utah into the case — which involves what Powell’s father-in-law Steven Powell may know about her disappearance. The announcement came a day after West Valley City police declared their case was closed, followed by the release of tens of thousands of documents pertaining to the 28-year-old West Valley City woman’s disappearance in 2009. “It is an ongoing federal investigat... ...
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Hispanics flex some environmental muscle	21.5.2013	High Country News Most Recent
How New Mexico's Hispanics helped create a new national monument-- Río Grande del Norte.
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BLM fracking rules just got more industry-friendly	21.5.2013	High Country News Most Recent
Feds weaken a proposal that many enviros say wasn’t strong enough in the first place
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Utah police close missing mom case after 3 years	21.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah—Josh Powell reportedly had an affair just months before his wife disappeared and his brother may have been "heavily involved" in getting rid of her body, Utah police revealed as they announced they couldn't solve the sensational case.
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Water at risk	21.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 21, 2013 01:01AM MDT With a proposed new set of rules, the federal Bureau of Land Management took a step toward better regulation of energy industries that use fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, to extract fossil fuels on public lands and Native American tribal lands. But the regulations are too lax to give much comfort to those who fear fracking is permanently poisoning land and water supplies, endangering wildlife and the public. Each well uses between 2 million and 5 million gallons of fresh water that is perma... ...
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Activists, press seek to ID firms looking to drill	21.5.2013	Durango Herald
In February, environmental groups celebrated a U.S. District Court ruling that required the Bureau of Land Management to release the identities of companies that nominated 30,000 acres of public lands in Coloradox2019s North Fork Valley for natural-gas and oil leasing.They called the ruling a victory for transparency in the process of...
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Susan Powell case closed, files are opened	21.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 20, 2013 10:18PM MDT West Valley City • It’s pretty much over. And Susan Powell is still missing. West Valley City police closed the active investigation into Powell’s disappearance on Monday, although police administrators and the city manager said detectives would investigate new any leads. The city then released thousands of pages of documents related to the case. Those documents expand on the 3 1/2 year investigation into Susan’s husband, Josh Powell, and his family, though they don’t all point the finger at hi... ...
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