A federal judge has ruled that the state of Utah and two southern Utah counties have jurisdiction over two scenic roads in the area.

When is a road not a road and why should a county and the state of Utah want to make that definition clear? It boils down to access, recreation and livelihoods.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service funded the initial study, worried about declining populations on the West Coast. But at the Great Salt Lake, the survey found 5,500 plovers, more than double the ...