On March 1, In the Hive featured an excerpt from a longer conversation with Rep. Mike Noel, R-Kanab. Producer Emily Means spoke with Noel on Feb. 28 in his office at the Capitol, in the midst of the 2018 legislative session. They discussed the Antiquities Act, the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument designations…
What will happen to Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument after Pres. Donald Trump’s decision to shrink it? Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, proposes legislation to create a national park in the area; and Steve Bloch, Legal Director at Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, talks about the lawsuit the conservation group has filed against Trump’s action.
Today on the show, we talk about the recently excavated tyrannosaur fossil found at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Tylor Birthisel, paleontology lab and field manager at the Natural History Museum of Utah, talks about making space for the fossil in the museum’s collections and details the identified bones in the tyrannosaur skull; and Brian Switek,…
Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by former State Sen. Steve Urquhart. They discuss former Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s appearance on Fox & Friends; Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke’s recommendation to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments; Jon Huntsman Jr.’s Senate confirmation hearing for ambassador to…
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recommends adjustments to national monument boundaries, but he doesn’t suggest eliminating any altogether. Operation Rio Grande’s efforts to curb crime near a downtown homeless shelter could take two years. And Rep. Chris Stewart has his eyes on Sen. Orrin Hatch’s job in 2018 — if Hatch chooses not to run for…
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