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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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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SUWA Launches Media Campaign to Highlight Costs of Utah’s Land Seizure
In 2012 the Utah legislature passed a bill demanding that the federal government turn over almost all public land in the state by the end of this year. With that deadline less than a month away, SUWA has launched a new statewide television, radio and web campaign to educate Utahns...
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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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