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Conservation

Cottonwood Canyon Road on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on July 15, 2023.
Posted inConservation

Trump administration will consider redrawing boundaries of national monuments as part of energy push

Avatar photo by Associated Press February 6, 2025February 6, 2025
Grizzly bears were first granted federal protections in 1975.
Posted inWildlife

Future of grizzly bear conservation in question once again as USFWS cancels public hearings

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson January 31, 2025February 1, 2025
Still from Jason Miller's trail cam footage of a jaguar captured on Dec. 20, 2023
Posted inWildlife

New jaguar spotted on trail cam footage in southern Arizona

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson January 30, 2025January 30, 2025
Hellbenders spend most of their lives under rocks in cool, fast-moving streams.
Posted inConservation, Wildlife

New research sets out to study hellbenders in the Smoky Mountains

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson January 30, 2025January 30, 2025
Bald Eagle at Voyageurs National Park
Posted inWildlife

Winter is the best time for many to spot a bald eagle 

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson January 27, 2025January 27, 2025
The sun sets over the Teton Range, viewed from the Kelly Parcel. The addition of the Kelly Parcel is another note in the timeline of Grand Teton's many transformations.
Posted inConservation

A Timeline of Grand Tetons Transformations

Avatar photo by Will De Man January 26, 2025January 26, 2025
Big Bend of the Virgin River
Posted inConservation

Plans for a new resort near Zion National Park spark controversy

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson January 20, 2025January 20, 2025
View from Bears Ears National Monument.
Posted inConservation

Utah voters show support for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in recent poll

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson January 14, 2025January 14, 2025
Photographer Mathew Nichols has been photographing the Tree of Life for years, and recently captured the tree's slump into the cavern.
Posted inConservation

Tree of Life might near final days in Olympic National Park

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson January 13, 2025January 14, 2025
Two endangered black-footed ferrets look out from their burrow.
Posted inConservation

Meet the black-footed ferret, the species getting a second chance at survival

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson January 2, 2025January 2, 2025

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