federal lands

A new white paper from the non-profit Headwaters Economics says transferring public lands from the federal government to Western states would generate…

The Mountain West is home to huge swaths of public land. A new web-based tool is now showing people exactly where that land is and which agency is...

The fight for state control of federal lands may be headed to court soon. Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes wants to take on the federal law that limits…

Ranchers in 16 western states will see their federal grazing fees go down next week. That’s good for ranchers whose costs have risen, but…

Imagine helping to preserve a little plot in Big Cottonwood Canyon. It’s an old mining claim not far from where moose like to loiter in the shade and…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimated last week that the armed occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon had caused nearly $6…

Governor Gary Herbert says he’s intrigued by the prospect of suing the federal government over public lands control.Late last year a legislative…

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released a statement Monday condemning the armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in Harney County,…

Utah’s land-transfer advocates agree it's time to get a lawsuit ready for the U.S. Supreme Court after lawyers told legislators Wednesday that solid legal…

 San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman says he might look to the county for legal help after he was told to find a new lawyer to fight federal criminal…

A new report on the impacts of transferring public lands to the control of the state of Utah indicates it could be economically feasible.State lawmakers…

Representative Jason Chaffetz is giving Maryland Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings a tour of Utah. And the two congressmen hope to achieve a lot…