HR 4313, the “Historic Route Preservation Act,” would significantly lower the standards for claiming so-called RS 2477 "highways," allowing counties and other special interest groups to win claims they never could now.
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Bears Ears, the Public Lands Initiative, and San Juan County
Recently, newspaper stories and rumors have swirled around both a potential national monument in San Juan County, Utah, and Rep. Rob Bishop’s Public Lands Initiative. Let me try and cut through the clutter to give you an idea where things currently stand. First, the monument. A historic coalition of Native-American...
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End of the Road for the State’s RS 2477 Litigation?
Earlier this month, three judges asked the Utah Supreme Court to decide a question of law being pressed by SUWA in the state’s RS 2477 cases.
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Tenth Circuit Appeals Court Issues Key Decision in Utah Roads (RS 2477) Litigation
Dismisses Utah claims to 6 routes and concludes width of 3 other routes must be revisited Salt Lake City, Utah (December 3, 2014) – Yesterday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a key decision in the State of Utah’s ongoing roads (RS 2477) litigation....
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Tenth Circuit Denies State and San Juan County Petitions for Rehearing
Rejects Once and For All State of Utah and County Claim that Streambed in Salt Creek Canyon Is State “Highway” Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981 (office) Heidi McIntosh, Earthjustice, 303.996.9621 (office) (September 8, 2014) Salt Lake City, UT: This morning the United States Court of Appeals for...
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