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Taking the Public Out of Public Lands
A new White Paper from the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources & the Environment at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law has determined that when it comes to Utah’s Land Grab, “the public would suffer from this misguided effort. “If Utah succeeds in taking over federal...
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Secretary Jewell: Utah Takeover a “Waste of Time”
From E&E News (subscription required): LAS VEGAS — Debate over whether and how Utah should take over federal public lands is a “waste of time” and hinders constructive dialogue between Utah and land management agencies, said Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. Jewell spoke to Greenwire on the sidelines of the Western Governors’ Association...
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Even Gail Norton Doesn’t See Land Seizure as Viable
You know you’ve got a problem when even George W. Bush’s former Interior Secretary doesn’t think the Utah land grab will succeed. From E & E (subscription required): Former Interior Secretary Gale Norton questioned the viability today of conservatives’ efforts to transfer federal lands to state control… Asked by Utah...
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Study Confirms Utah Land Grab Idea Half Baked
If Illegal Land Seizure Were to Occur, State Would Profit Only Through Heavy Industrialization of Utah’s Wildlands For Immediate Release. Contact: David Garbett, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801-428-3992 Salt Lake City – Today, a team of economists from three Utah universities released a report which shows that if Utah were to...
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