Wednesday February 1, 2023

The family of a Ugandan human rights activist killed at Arches National Park will receive more than $10 million dollars in damages. The amount was substantially less than the family of Esther Nakajjigo asked for, but their attorneys celebrated the judgement, noting it was the largest federal wrongful death verdict in Utah history. Plus, the Bureau of Land Management is proposing a rule to limit climbing and ban slacklining, skydiving, and other ‘aerial’ sports in Hell Roaring and Mineral Canyons. The new rule is intended to protect the bighorn sheep and raptors that live in those areas. And later, our radio partners report on cutbacks in the Colorado River Basin and the commemoration of the Bear River Massacre.

// Show Notes:

// Photo: Esther Nakajjigo, who died in 2020 after a freak accident in Arches National Park, was a reality TV star, Uganda’s ambassador for women and girls and a visitor at the Watson Institute in Colorado. (Friends of Europe)

// KZMU: Life and Death of Esther Nakajjigo
https://www.kzmu.org/friday-december-16-2022/

// BLM Proposed Rule for Mineral and Hell Roaring Canyons
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/31/2023-01694/proposed-supplementary-rule-for-the-mineral-and-hell-roaring-canyons-area-of-public-lands-and

// UPR: Bear River Massacre commemoration draws crowds despite winter weather
https://www.upr.org/utah-news/2023-02-01/bear-river-massacre-commemoration-draws-crowds-despite-winter-weather