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Senate Republicans approve resolution expanding motorized access around Lake Powell

The U.S. Senate voted to expand motorized access in Utah’s Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, passing a resolution on Thursday to overturn a Biden-era policy that closed a handful of roads to certain off-road vehicles. If signed by President Donald Trump, the resolution would open up some of the more remote regions of the recreation area to dirtbikes, side-by-sides and other off-road vehicles, the latest development in nearly two decades of controversy over motorized access in the area. Under the Biden administration’s rule, 25 roads amounting to roughly 26 miles would be off ...

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Letters: Take a stand for public lands

I recently spent a few days in Bears Ears National Monument. In my tent, bundled against the cold, with a slight breeze blowing through, I slept better than I have slept – since-well, since the last time I went camping. My husband said we’d put a cot up in our room and carry in a sleeping ...

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