You'll never believe what members of the Utah delegation are up to now.
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Hundreds protest “land grab” at Utah State Capitol
Great thanks to the nearly three hundred people who rallied at the Utah State Capitol yesterday evening! From chants in opposition to the state’s attempt to take public lands out of American hands and put them “on the chopping block”, to a rousing rendition of “This Land is Your Land”...
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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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Former Secretary of Interior Calls Out Governor Herbert
This morning in Salt Lake City, former Secretary of the Interior and Governor of Arizona Bruce Babbitt called out Utah Governor Gary Herbert for leading the charge to seize control of federal public lands. Speaking to a packed audience of outdoor recreation industry representatives from across the county at the...
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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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