Monday September 7, 2020

A potential road through the Book Cliffs in Grand County has come up yet again – this time, in the form of a right-of-way holder notice. The Grand County Commission has until the end of the month to send comments about how a 35-mile paved road connecting Interstate 70 in Grand County to Seep Ridge Road in Uintah County might affect their right-of-ways. One commissioner described the project as “a road [that] Grand County doesn’t want, to be built entirely within our county, by a coalition of seven other counties with taxpayer dollars.” And later, a new study suggests that when forests burn across the southern Rocky Mountains – they may never grow back. Plus, amidst the national conversation about racial injustice, Dixie State University officials are considering a permanent name change.

Show Notes:

BLM Right-of-Way Holder Notice, Seep Ridge Road
https://www.kzmu.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BLM-ROW-Holder-Notice-Seep-Ridge-Road.pdf
Book Cliffs 9-1-20 Agenda Item
https://www.kzmu.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Book-Cliffs-9-1-Agenda-Item.pdf
Eastern Utah Regional Connection: Seven County Infrastructure Coalition
http://scic-utah.org/projects/eastern-utah-regional-connection

KVNF: New study – Burned forests may never grow back
https://www.kvnf.org/post/new-study-burned-forests-may-never-grow-back
University of Colorado-Boulder: Many forests scorched by wildfire won’t bounce back
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200902182415.htm

UPR: Dixie State Officials Continue To Explore Options For Changing The School’s Name
https://www.upr.org/post/dixie-state-officials-continue-explore-options-changing-schools-name
Dixie Sun News: Faculty senate votes to support DSU name change
https://dixiesunnews.com/news/articles/2020/08/28/faculty-senate-votes-to-support-dsu-name-change/