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Reports on the efforts of archaeologists to learn about the Fremont Indians, a tribe which lived in present day Range Creek in Utah. Evidence that the tribe flourished for 600 years and then vanished; Theories that members of the Fremont tribe farmed and hunted for food; Theories that a war with other tribes may have led to the tribe's demise.

The article reports on the agreement signed by various groups including federal and state agencies, conservation and archaeology groups, and tribal leaders on January 5, 2010 to protect the Nine Mile Canyon that contains artworks in Utah. It states that the pact calls for road work to remove dust that can erode the rock art panels of the canyon. It also obliges the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to protect the entire canyon. Moreover, Bill Barrett Corp. waits for the approval of the work.

The article reports on the supposition of Larry Echo Hawk, a law professor at the Brigham Young University, over the status of Tribes to reclaim the artifacts being seized by the state government of Utah in its sweeping prosecution of theft and trafficking. According to Echo Halk, the tribe should have the first priority to recover the items. Moreover, he added that items, such as sacred and burial objects, are supposed to go back to their rightful culture.

The article reports on the transfer of custody of the Range Creek Canyon from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) to the archaeologists of the University of Utah. Duncan Metcalfe, chief curator of the Utah Museum of Natural History says that such transfer allows them to focus on natural history research as well as on the archaeology of the canyon. Moreover, DWR habitat section chief Mike Canning states that wildlife habitat and public access to Range Creek will be maintained.

The article discusses a lawsuit filed by the Skull Valley band of Goshute and Private Fuel Storage (PFS), over claims that the U.S. Interior Department killed a nuclear waste dumping project because of political pressures and not on merits. The project involved the tribe allowing PFS to store nuclear waste on its reservation in Utah's west desert, in exchange for $200,000 a year and job opportunities for tribal members.

Reports on the decision of Utah's congressional delegation to protect the Cedar Mountains from nuclear waste. Designation of the mountain as a wilderness protection area; Purpose of the Wilderness Act of 1964; Comments from tribal Chief Leon Bear on the issue.