Behind the Rocks

Behind the Rocks

Natural Resources Reporter Bobby Magill digs up cool news bites on the progress and future of oil, gas, water, wilderness and a plethora of other natural resources issues from around Mesa County and around the West. From polar bears to the latest news about oil shale, you'll read all about it here.

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• Roan what? Oil shale is the real environmental issue
• Utah leads on greenhouse gas emissions
• For cryin' out loud, gimme my three feet!
• Roads to oblivion no more?
• Even in Utah, few deny climate change
• Gears may soon move on GMUG forest plan
• Blogging from the West Coast
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December 20, 2007

• Roan what? Oil shale is the real environmental issue

October 10, 2007

• Utah leads on greenhouse gas emissions

October 8, 2007

• For cryin' out loud, gimme my three feet!

October 1, 2007

• Roads to oblivion no more?

September 8, 2007

• Even in Utah, few deny climate change

September 6, 2007

• Gears may soon move on GMUG forest plan

August 31, 2007

• Blogging from the West Coast

August 23, 2007

• Bush won't let mountains stand in the way of coal mining; enviros threaten suit

August 20, 2007

• Enviros alarmed at uranium mining near Colorado Plateau parks

August 18, 2007

• As hope endures at Crandall Canyon, owner disappears

August 15, 2007

• Utah mining board gives Crandall Canyon owner's Book Cliffs mine permit another look

August 12, 2007

• Fact Check: Expert says energy industry spokesman Jon Bargas' letter incorrect
• Crime at McInnis, Bangs Canyon areas no match for Monument

August 9, 2007

• Speed the oil shale exploitation, reduce dependency on foreign oil, report says

August 7, 2007

• BLM delays San Luis Valley leasing for "educational" purposes

August 6, 2007

• Stay tuned for the Dominguez Report
• Pallet party, anyone?

August 2, 2007

• Fact Check: 'Paid' environmentalists

July 17, 2007

• Eureka! Shell makes oil drilling as sexy as Indiana Jones
• Utahns say global warming is top environmental concern

July 16, 2007

• Roan Plateau awareness high on Main Street
• Industry upset that BLM accepts university sage grouse research

July 10, 2007

• Biggest fire in Utah makes it tough to "see the heat"

July 9, 2007

• Struck by lightning? Thank a dying star

July 5, 2007

• Wolves in Northern Rockies could take back seat to domestic animals

July 3, 2007

• "Ringing the bell" for environmentalism?

June 30, 2007

• A bit about climate change

June 25, 2007

• What's in the monument's name? More than just a state and a color

June 21, 2007

• RS 2477 roads a touchy subject
• NPS: Canyonlands' double-wide trailer visitor center could get facelift
• Drilling concerns crossing state lines in Raton Basin

June 20, 2007

• BLM wants to close roads near Arkansas River
• America's crown jewels are on both sides of the Divide

June 5, 2007

• National Geographic hails Colorado National Monument's Rim Rock Drive

June 3, 2007

• Water: A western religion

June 1, 2007

• Park Service goes "quagga" at Lake Powell

May 30, 2007

• Rancor over Wyoming's Atlantic Rim

May 25, 2007

• Abracadabra! A roadless "Frankenstein" awakes from the dead!

May 24, 2007

• A new plan for Zion and a new bridge for Arches

May 17, 2007

• Dominguez Canyon hearing coming soon

May 16, 2007

• State scrambles to review oil shale plan

May 13, 2007

• The Norton conspiracy?

May 12, 2007

• Former "thatched-roof hamlet" screaming for Rep. Salazar's attention over Roan

May 11, 2007

• The BLM's oil shale program development forecast, point by point

May 8, 2007

• From high over the Vermillion Basin

May 3, 2007

• National Sacrifice Zone?

April 25, 2007

• Colony "the kind of place" Exxon might test oil shale

April 23, 2007

• From the rim of Black Canyon