federal lands

Legal and historical experts say Utah will have to overcome centuries of precedent if the state is to be successful in claiming 18.5 million acres of land controlled by the federal government.

The Biden administration is moving to let conservationists lease government land for restoration. It's part of an effort to make conservation an “equal” to other uses of public lands such as drilling and livestock grazing.

The Interior Department rule finalized Friday raises royalty rates for oil drilling by more than one-third, to 16.67%, in accordance with the sweeping 2022 climate law approved by Congress.

Members of a small tribe in Arizona are marking the renaming of a popular campground in Grand Canyon National Park as Havasupai Gardens. The Havasupai Tribe had lobbied the federal government for years to change the name from Indian Garden.

A report suggests the HOUSES Act would fill a good chunk of the nation’s housing shortage. But it’s not that easy.

The latest Utah news for Monday evening, April 18, 2022.

Utah, and much of the West, are in a housing crisis and Sen. Lee wants to make federal land available to help solve it.

The latest Utah news from Tuesday evening, February 2, 2021.

The latest Utah news from Wednesday evening, January 27, 2021.

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…