Trump admin offers up coal mining leases next to Utah’s famed national parks
Mines could be visible from the Capitol Reef, Zion, Bryce Canyon and Grand Staircase-Escalante park units.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune)
Capitol Reef National Park on Friday May 10, 2019.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.