A proposal to build a hydroelectric power plant near the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area won preliminary approval from federal regulators earlier this month. The Desert Bloom Project is a ...

Discover Red Rock Canyons fascinating scenery geology plant and animal life From herds of Bighorn to the desert tortoise youll learn about the plant and animal life ...

Starting this April, up to 10 desert tortoises will get GPS transmitters affixed to their shells, so Utah land managers can collect better data on the threatened reptile.

FILE - In this May 13, 2006, file photo, is a desert tortoise in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve east of Leeds, Utah. Conservation groups sued Friday, June 4, 2021, over the Trump administration’s ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah— The Bureau of Land Management reapproved a proposal today from the Utah Department of Transportation, at the behest of Washington County, for the construction of the four-lane ...

A legal fight reignites over the Northern Corridor highway through desert tortoise habitat in Washington County.

WASHINGTON— A U.S. District Court on Sunday granted a motion from conservation organizations to block ground-disturbing activities associated with construction of the Northern Corridor Highway through ...

The Donald Trump administration has once again approved the building of a controversial highway in southwest Utah. The 4.5-mile stretch of road, called the Northern Corridor Highway, would skirt the ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...