A conservation group hopes to turn a newly purchased Utah ranch into a model for working with tribes to protect wilderness in the American West from real estate developers, mining companies and oil drillers.
In an extraordinary move this summer, The Wildlands Conservancy, with support from the Center of Biological Diversity and other donors, purchased 320 acres in Cottonwood Wash near Bluff, Utah, to prot.
After a 16-month effort, a 320-acre parcel of private land surrounded by Bears Ears National Monument is now permanently protected by The Wildlands Conservancy, which owns and manages the largest nonp
A 320-acre piece of private property in Bears Ears National Monument will now be protected forever. The Wildlands Conservancy, a California-based nonprofit, recently purchased the land.