Dear EarthTalk: What is the controversy over the Factory Butte landmark in Utah that has environmental groups filing lawsuits? -- M. Jensen, Taos, NM The kerfuffle over Factory Butte, a 6,300-foot ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- To protect two species of cactus, the federal government slapped restrictions Wednesday on cross-country motorized travel on the sprawling badlands around Factory Butte, a ...
Three environmental groups are suing the federal Bureau of Land Management, arguing the agency reopened thousands of acres in southern Utah to unfettered motorized use without investigating the ...
Just in time for the busy Memorial Day weekend, off-roaders may return to the public lands encircling southern Utah’s Factory Butte, otherworldly badlands that have been closed to cross-country ...
For off-roaders, few places are as good as the badlands around Factory Butte, where the terrain seems perfectly suited for a knobby rubber tire. "If ever there was a place God created for off-road ...
Rocky Mountain stickweed (yellow) and brittle phacelia (purple) flowered for the first time in years in the shale barrens near Factory Butte and Capitol Reef National Park. For a larger image, click ...
When we last checked in with the participants of the 2021 Overland Adventure, they had settled down outside Escalante, Utah. Brooding skies greeted yawning faces as campers opened trailer doors and ...