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Public hearings on the Alton coal strip mine start this week

Do you have concerns about the proposed expansion of a strip coal mine to public lands on the doorstep of Bryce Canyon National Park? The BLM is hosting four meetings in southern Utah, starting tonight, where you can share your opinion about this terrible proposal with BLM staff and managers....

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This public land doesn’t fit very well, can I return it?

Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz wants to sell a few million acres of public land, saying that these lands “should be returned to private ownership.” Recently, Pat Bagley of the Salt Lake Tribune did a “historical title search” to see if he could determine exactly to whom Chaffetz was referring when...

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Will the disappointment ever end?

The Obama administration just announced a meager list of areas that deserve federal protection. Given the fanfare of the list release, you might ask: does Obama plan to use his ample authority under the Antiquities Act to save these places as national monuments or grant some other form of administrative...

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