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2019 was a bumper year for recreation on Colorado Rivers. A large snow pack heading into summer saw record levels of snow melt raising water levels around the state. As a result, people flocked to rivers and streams to paddle, kayak and increasingly – to surf. Our partners at Rocky Mountain Community Radio have more.

2019 was a bumper year for recreation on Colorado Rivers. A large snow pack heading into summer saw record levels of snow melt raising water levels around the state. As a result, people flocked to rivers and streams to paddle, kayak and increasingly – to surf. Our partners at Rocky Mountain Community Radio have more.

Grand County’s newest council member, Gabriel Woytek, holds a decade of experience working in non-profits and education in the Moab area. In a 4-2 vote, Woytek was appointed Tuesday night to replace the vacant District 1 seat and will serve until 2021. Plus later in the news, locals mingled in a Moab reception room last week to learn more about the future USU-Moab campus. And, our partners at Rocky Mountain Community Radio have a story about a newly revived stretch of river in Arizona - tune in.

[Photo: An ecologist holds a common green darner dragonfly emerging from its larval stage on the Santa Cruz River. Ariana Brocious/AZPM]

Learn more about the new USU-Moab campus:

https://statewide.usu.edu/moab/newcampus/

Grand County’s newest council member, Gabriel Woytek, holds a decade of experience working in non-profits and education in the Moab area. In a 4-2 vote, Woytek was appointed Tuesday night to replace the vacant District 1 seat and will serve until 2021. Plus later in the news, locals mingled in a Moab reception room last week to learn more about the future USU-Moab campus. And, our partners at Rocky Mountain Community Radio have a story about a newly revived stretch of river in Arizona - tune in.

[Photo: An ecologist holds a common green darner dragonfly emerging from its larval stage on the Santa Cruz River. Ariana Brocious/AZPM]

Learn more about the new USU-Moab campus:

https://statewide.usu.edu/moab/newcampus/

The U.S. House voted earlier this month in favor of a massive bill that aims to protect 400,000 acres of public land in neighboring Colorado, including wilderness in the San Juan Mountains. But what chances does the CORE Act have to pass the Senate? Our partners at KBUT have a conversation with Colorado Sun political reporter Jesse Paul to find out.

[Photo: The Gunnison River flows through a canyon in the Curecanti National Recreation Area west of Gunnison. Courtesy of the National Park Service.]

Read the story in the Colorado Sun:

https://coloradosun.com/2019/10/31/core-act-vote-result-congress-future/

The U.S. House voted earlier this month in favor of a massive bill that aims to protect 400,000 acres of public land in neighboring Colorado, including wilderness in the San Juan Mountains. But what chances does the CORE Act have to pass the Senate? Our partners at KBUT have a conversation with Colorado Sun political reporter Jesse Paul to find out.

[Photo: The Gunnison River flows through a canyon in the Curecanti National Recreation Area west of Gunnison. Courtesy of the National Park Service.]

Read the story in the Colorado Sun:

https://coloradosun.com/2019/10/31/core-act-vote-result-congress-future/

Today on the news, as water becomes more scarce along the Colorado River, some users are facing serious legal risks to their supplies. And, rural communities in southern San Juan County are scheduled to gain high-speed internet next year, thanks to multi-agency collaboration. Plus, Public Lands Corner explains an occasionally spotted but antiquated wilderness designation – the Instant Study Area. Tune in.

The Salt Lake Tribune, 'Broadband internet access coming to Navajo Nation communities in San Juan County' -https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/11/15/broadband-internet-access/

Public Lands Corner Show Notes -

https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/utah/link-flats-isa

https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/utah

http://climatechange.lta.org/wp-content/uploads/cct/2015/02/LandDesignations.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outstanding_Natural_Area

https://utah.com/wilderness-study

https://ia800100.us.archive.org/10/items/utahstatewidewil01unit_0/utahstatewidewil01unit_0.pdf

https://ia800101.us.archive.org/21/items/utahstatewidewil03unit_0/utahstatewidewil03unit_0.pdf

https://www.blm.gov/learn/blm-library/agency-publications/select-state-publications/state-wilderness-documents

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ut/nwis/current/?type=flow

Today on the news, as water becomes more scarce along the Colorado River, some users are facing serious legal risks to their supplies. And, rural communities in southern San Juan County are scheduled to gain high-speed internet next year, thanks to multi-agency collaboration. Plus, Public Lands Corner explains an occasionally spotted but antiquated wilderness designation – the Instant Study Area. Tune in.

The Salt Lake Tribune, 'Broadband internet access coming to Navajo Nation communities in San Juan County' -https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/11/15/broadband-internet-access/

Public Lands Corner Show Notes -

https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/utah/link-flats-isa

https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/utah

http://climatechange.lta.org/wp-content/uploads/cct/2015/02/LandDesignations.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outstanding_Natural_Area

https://utah.com/wilderness-study

https://ia800100.us.archive.org/10/items/utahstatewidewil01unit_0/utahstatewidewil01unit_0.pdf

https://ia800101.us.archive.org/21/items/utahstatewidewil03unit_0/utahstatewidewil03unit_0.pdf

https://www.blm.gov/learn/blm-library/agency-publications/select-state-publications/state-wilderness-documents

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ut/nwis/current/?type=flow

KZMU chats with Doug McMurdo, associate editor of The Times-Independent, about the paper's latest coverage. This week - Grand County moves closer to implementing a property tax increase, Moab City sends out a revised Request For Proposals for their Walnut Lane Apartments development, and the change of county government study committee looks at the financial costs of a new governing body. Plus, Moab City Police Chief Bret Edge talks local complaints about OHV noise. Tune in.

KZMU chats with Doug McMurdo, associate editor of The Times-Independent, about the paper's latest coverage. This week - Grand County moves closer to implementing a property tax increase, Moab City sends out a revised Request For Proposals for their Walnut Lane Apartments development, and the change of county government study committee looks at the financial costs of a new governing body. Plus, Moab City Police Chief Bret Edge talks local complaints about OHV noise. Tune in.