(Courtesy photo by Ray Bloxham, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance) An energy company plans to drill for helium on this site in the newly designated Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness. A federal judge has rejected environmentalists' bid to block the Bureau of Land Management from approving the Bowknot helium project, proposed by Twin Bridges Resources.
Brian Maffly has worked for The Tribune off and on since 1994. Maffly roams Utah, covering public land and environment.