Bureau of Land Management

The latest Utah news from Friday evening, Sept. 17, 2021.

At least two counties have passed resolutions opposing President Biden’s Bureau of Land Management pick. They raised concerns about her past connection to a radical environmental group and her stance on grazing.

An off-roading advocacy group is warning campers about road closures on public lands. The move is a response to ongoing travel management planning by the Bureau of Land Management in Utah.

The Trump administration moved BLM headquarters away from Washington, D.C. Now the Biden administration has to decide whether to move it back.

Energy developers and uranium miners are eyeing parts of what once was Bears Ears National Monument, even as President Joe Biden is reviewing the monument for expansion.

Conservation groups are upset by a proposal to drill for oil on public land less than a mile from the western edge of Dinosaur National Monument.

This year is shaping up to be one of the busiest ever for visitation in and around Bears Ears National Monument, according to advocates who say tourism is wreaking havoc on the fragile landscape.

The lawsuit involves public land between Bears Ears and Hovenweep national monuments. It claims drilling there could cause irreparable damage to cultural sites.

President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to announce an extended moratorium on oil and gas leasing Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. The ban would apply to all federal public lands and would follow a 60-day pause on new leasing announced last week.

A controversial highway through the Book Cliffs in Grand County won't go forward. A group of rural counties called the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition voted to suspend the project in a meeting today, citing opposition from Grand County.

The latest Utah news on Friday evening, December 11, 2020.

A new governmental report found that federal public land leased to energy developers at low prices brings in very little revenue. That finding could have implications for the management of public land in Utah, where the Bureau of Land Management has continued to lease public land for drilling despite plummeting demand for oil.