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There are many questions about cities and water conservation. Here in Utah, a conservation ethic is growing. But the nation's second-driest state is also pushing forward with a plan to tap more water from the Colorado River. This story is a part of a collaborative series from the Colorado River Reporting Project at KUNC, the Mountain West News Bureau, and Elemental: Covering Sustainability.

There are many questions about cities and water conservation. Here in Utah, a conservation ethic is growing. But the nation's second-driest state is also pushing forward with a plan to tap more water from the Colorado River. This story is a part of a collaborative series from the Colorado River Reporting Project at KUNC, the Mountain West News Bureau, and Elemental: Covering Sustainability.

Team Rubicon and the Utah Conservation Corps spent all weekend clearing 80 burned and hazardous trees from the Pack Creek burn area. The crews worked in high temperatures, chipping over 12,000 cubic feet of vegetation in a couple days. Grand County officials say this work is the final step in making the area safe so families can return and rebuild.

Team Rubicon and the Utah Conservation Corps spent all weekend clearing 80 burned and hazardous trees from the Pack Creek burn area. The crews worked in high temperatures, chipping over 12,000 cubic feet of vegetation in a couple days. Grand County officials say this work is the final step in making the area safe so families can return and rebuild.

- Moab Free Concert Series blasts off with brass

- Brush fire contained by Moab locals

- Opponents to marijuana initiative drop lawsuit

- Moab Free Concert Series blasts off with brass

- Brush fire contained by Moab locals

- Opponents to marijuana initiative drop lawsuit

Today KZMU welcomes Times-Independent staff writer Rose Egelhoff to the studios to discuss the latest issues in and around Moab. Tune in for a discussion on the Families Belong Together rally, the departure of Museum Director John Foster and BLM’s Canyon Country Paleontologist Rebecca Hunt Foster, high density zoning, a potential delisting of the previously threatened yellow billed cuckoo, and a fire in Old La Sal.

Today KZMU welcomes Times-Independent staff writer Rose Egelhoff to the studios to discuss the latest issues in and around Moab. Tune in for a discussion on the Families Belong Together rally, the departure of Museum Director John Foster and BLM’s Canyon Country Paleontologist Rebecca Hunt Foster, high density zoning, a potential delisting of the previously threatened yellow billed cuckoo, and a fire in Old La Sal.

- Storytellers share experiences, celebrate diversity

- Indigenous grassroots organization hosts July Bears Ears gathering

- Storytellers share experiences, celebrate diversity

- Indigenous grassroots organization hosts July Bears Ears gathering