Environmental essayist Edward Abbey posited some prescient thoughts about the fate of Arches, where he was a ranger in the ...

Almost two-thirds of Utah's land is federally owned, meaning that it's nearly impossible to traverse the state without cutting through some combination of national parks, monuments and recreation ...

After declaring a national energy emergency earlier this year, President Donald Trump is looking to roll back federal ...

Grand Staircase-Escalante was cut back from nearly 1.9 million acres to three units, the 211,983-acre Grand Staircase, the 551,117-acre Kaiparowits, and the 243,241-acre Escalante Canyons.

President-elect Trump's inauguration could bring big changes — again — to Utah's national ... By contrast, national parks are created by Congress. The intrigue: The monuments' shifting ...

Reaching this remote and rugged monument is a commitment ... week-long spin through southern Utah—hitting four of the country's most spectacular national parks in one shot.

Utah's Zion and Bryce Canyon ... For solitude in both national parks, travel to the backcountry. These lesser-visited destinations are off the map for most tourists and transport you into the ...

For example, four national parks and monuments in southeastern Utah, including Natural Bridges, drew about 2.4 million visitors who spent nearly US$400 million in surrounding communities.

Parked on the edge of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument—on a Utah national parks road trip—we've arrived in our personal oasis. The van’s cool air, a stark contrast to the bone dry ...

The map shows our vision for connecting and transforming a patchwork of parks and national monuments into an unbroken swath of ... the Greater Grand Canyon in Arizona and the Lands Between in Utah ...