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Environews: Utah national park visitation soars

By Amy Brunvand

– by Amy Brunvand

In 2015 more than by more than 11.5 million people visited national parks in Utah, an increase of more than 1.2 million over last year. Nearly 7 million people visited Utah Bureau of Land Management lands for recreation last year.

 

More January 2016 Environews:

Another wolf killed in Utah

$14 million for misguided effort to privatize public lands

Utah air quality problem, “serious nonattainment”

Utah gets utility-scale solar

Lake Powell pipeline a costly water boondoggle

This article was originally published on January 11, 2016.