Articles

Rock Canyon rolling with new life
Deseret News May 21, 2001.  Volunteers work to restore, revive native vegetation

Bill Seeks to Open Protected Utah Lands
The Salt Lake Tribune May 2, 2001.  Parcels of a Utah wilderness area may soon be open to mining and construction in a move Rep. Jim Hansen says is designed to correct an old error.

Eco-Group Stalls Plan For Cricket Poisoning
The Salt Lake Tribune April 23, 2001.  The U.S. Forest Service's plans to use poisoned bait to stem a wave of Mormon crickets near Spanish Fork have been derailed for now.

Crickets get an ally - environmentalists
Deseret News April 15, 2001.  Any day now, state and federal officials will begin spreading a pesticide-tainted grain to control what could be a record year of cricket infestation.

New Diamond Fork Campground Debuts; Remodeled facility beckons with a host of modern amenities
The Salt Lake Tribune April 14, 2001.  The facility replaces camping units originally built in the early 1960s and features walk-in tent areas, some covered picnic tables, cement pads, trailer-friendly paved pull-ins and raised fire pits.

Safety Questions Raised Over War on Crickets
The Salt Lake Tribune April 10, 2001.  The Utah Environmental Congress announced Monday it will go to court to stop the Uinta National Forest from trying to kill crickets by spreading pesticide-laced grain in forests near farms.

Canyon fee experiment paying off
Deseret News September 1, 2000.  In the fourth year of a five-year fee demonstration project for (American Fork) canyon, Uinta National Forest officials are expecting to collect more than $500,000 in fees, and they're busily putting that money into campground renovation, facility and trail upgrades and parking expansion that are actually insuring the canyon's preservation for years to come.

Agency 'mutilated' road, ranchers say
Deseret News July 11, 2000.  Some cattle ranchers who trail their cows to summer pasture in the Uinta National Forest aren't happy with the way the Forest Service implemented a road closure that impacts them.

Mineral Basin Land Exchange Is Questioned
The Salt Lake Tribune November 11, 1999.  The U.S. Forest Service "secretly" negotiated a land exchange with Snowbird Ski Resort that environmentalists say helped facilitate a new ski lift in Mineral Basin.