San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman has announced he’ll lead an illegal off-road vehicle (ORV) ride in Recapture Canyon next week to “demonstrate the county’s sovereignty over public lands and prompt the BLM to move faster” on the county’s proposed right-of-way for an ORV trail through the canyon.
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Great News! Tenth Circuit Court Issues Key Decision Preserving Canyonlands National Park!
Late in the day on Friday, April 25th the United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a long-awaited decision rejecting arguments by San Juan County and the State of Utah that Salt Creek Canyon in Canyonlands National Park is a state highway.
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More ORV Trails in San Juan County
Rather than enforce it’s own travel plan, the BLM is now proposing to legitimize illegal ORV use on user-created trails.
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Grand County’s Proposed Public Lands Plan: How Bad Is It?
We expected bad, but this is far worse.
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Another Attack on Our Parks and Monuments
Here we go again. Congress is attacking special places this week, this time by trying to dismantle the Antiquities Act, the mechanism that has safeguarded some of our nation’s most beloved national parks and monuments for future generations (nearly half of our national parks began as national monuments).
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