Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

The amendment proposed by Utah Rep. Celeste Maloy would have sold more than 10,000 acres of federal land near St. George to local governments.

Without clear details on how Congressional Republicans' plan to sell or transfer 460,000 acres of public land will work, skeptics worry it could be a giveaway for developers and mining companies.

“Utah remains able and willing to challenge any BLM land management decisions that harm Utah,” state leadership said in a statement.

Utah believes it should have ownership over some federally managed land, but environmentalists argue the move backpedals on the agreement that made Utah a state.

U.S. District Judge David Nuffer said Friday that President Joe Biden acted within his authority when he issued proclamations restoring Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in 2021.

A lithium exploration proposal near Canyonlands National Park in southeast Utah has prompted concerns about how the project would affect the area’s natural landscape.

The complaint filed Monday against the Bureau of Land Management is the latest development in the battle over the potash in Utah, which holds some of the United States’ largest deposits of the mineral, which is used by farmers to fertilize crops throughout the globe.

The Bureau of Land Management announced the change Friday. Earlier this year, the Biden Administration halted all new oil and gas leases but that moratorium was struck down in court.

Biden is changing the country’s bedrock environmental law back to where it was before the Trump Administration. Utah conservationists say that will benefit the state.

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.

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.