Tuesday January 5, 2021

With changing commodity prices as well as speculation, oil and gas wells on public lands aren’t always pumping. KZMU’s Justin Higginbottom investigates the lost zones in Utah, where wells are holding land from wilderness management, if not polluting. Plus, our radio partners report on the inauguration ceremony for Utah’s new governor. And, new research suggests that wildfire fuel treatment projects are much more likely to happen in wealthy and white neighborhoods.

Photo: A view from Hatch Point is seen in southeastern Utah. Ray Bloxham/Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance