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Zone 6 is a popular recreation spot and desert tortoise habitat that was protected as part of the deal to build a highway near St. George. Local leaders and the state now say if the highway doesn’t happen, the land is open for business.
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In expensive Utah resort communities like Ivins and Moab, many workers are priced out of the housing market. That’s why local leadership wants to explore developing a community land trust using ground the state already owns.
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The exchange is for low-revenue generating state land within the monument for developable federal land in 21 counties across the state.
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The School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration has about 130,000 acres in Bears Ears National Monument.
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ST. GEORGE — To Kane County Sheriff Tracy Glover, the Red Knoll is a special place.The rust-colored hill, which sits on a parcel of state trust land…
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Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah, hosted a roundtable for the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining in Moab on Friday. He chairs that…
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BLUFF — This recently incorporated town in San Juan County is facing a new test of newfound political clout as a solar farm is being proposed inside the…
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Utah trust-lands administrators aren’t making any decisions yet on the new Bears Ears National Monument. They want to know more before they consider…
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Utah’s trust-lands agency netted $5.5 million this week for a fund that benefits schoolchildren. Private owners made the highest bids now own more than…
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Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has tapped a county councilman and former state legislator to continue building the agency that turns land and minerals into…
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An environmental group says developing oil shale in the West would require enormous amounts of water – and it’s pointing to a recent court case to back up…
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New, bipartisan legislation in Congress would advance public education and conserve important landscapes by making it easier to transfer lands between…