A bill introduced to the statehouse last week revealed more details on a new state park proposal. The legislation would appropriate $10 million to the creation of Utahraptor State Park at Dalton Wells, roughly 15 miles north of Moab. Then, our partners at KUER report on a slice of land in Southern Utah that often flies under the radar – the Kanab Escalante Planning Area. And later, groundwater is under threat from a warming climate according to a new study.

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Utahraptor State Park Bill, HB 322 –

https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0322.html

KUER, The ‘KEPA’ Lands: What Lies Ahead For Excised Zones of Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument –

https://www.kuer.org/post/kepa-lands-what-lies-ahead-excised-zones-grand-staircase-escalante-national-monument#stream/0

Nature Communications, Evapotranspiration depletes groundwater under warming over the contiguous United States –

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-14688-0