Limits on off-roading near Moab and a draft management plan for Bears Ears are good. Utah abandoning Bears Ears land swap is bad.
Good: Off-roading near Moab limits and a draft management plan for Bears Ears. Bad: Utah abandons Bears Ears land swap.
Utah has public lands. Large stretches of open spaces that are, to various degrees, preserved for their beauty, their peace, their potential for recreation, their cultural heritage, their niche in preserving the balance of nature. There’s Some who love nothing more than to pierce the silence of these increasingly precious lands are crying foul — and getting the state of Utah to take up their cause.
Even better, the draft plans released recently mark the first time the federal government has set out to co-manage such territory with Native nations. That’s long overdue.put out for public comment Had Congress moved faster, the state would have acquired land with less ecological or cultural sensitivity and a lot more potential for development, mining or drilling. At the time, state officials were all aglow about the benefits of the deal, calling it a “gold mine” for the state agency that manages such lands for the benefit of public education.
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