Tag: SITLA
8 months ago
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A guide to Utah’s public lands

Millions of acres of land in Utah under the control of federal and state agencies. What does that mean for the reside...

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about 1 year ago
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Ute Tribe goes to court to get Tabby Mountain

Utah officials cheated the Ute Indian Tribe out of a fair shot to buy Tabby Mountain from SITLA in 2019, alleges a fe...

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about 1 year ago
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Scout camp’s shooting range permeated land with lead

For nearly 60 years, the Boy Scouts operated a summer camp on state trust lands in Utah's Tushar Mountains. But a sho...

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over 1 year ago
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Texas company acquired 100 oil and gas wells in Utah, then disappeared into bankruptcy

Operated by a bankrupt LLC called WestStar Exploration, unproductive wells on Utah's public land should have been plu...

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over 1 year ago
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Utah’s handling of Tabby Mountain sale draws rebuke from Ute Tribe

Ute tribal officials issued a statement denouncing Utah state officials handling of their proposed sale of Tabby Moun...

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over 1 year ago
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Key takeaways from the failed sale of Utah’s Tabby Mountain

Editor’s note: This is a synopsis of the Tribune’s new reporting on what led to SITLA’s failed sale of Tabby Mountain...

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over 1 year ago
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How Utah’s Tabby Mountain got caught up in a political hailstorm

In 2019, the Ute Indian Tribe outbid the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to buy 28,500 acres of state trust lands...

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almost 2 years ago
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Why are so many new water wells to be drilled in Bears Ears?

A few dozens wells are to be drilled in Bears Ears National Monument to provide livestock more places to access water.

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almost 2 years ago
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Utah lawmakers approve Bears Ears land swap

The Utah Legislature signed off on swap that gives the trust lands administration, or SITLA, 165,000 federal acres in...

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about 2 years ago
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SITLA pleads for Legislature’s approval of Bears Ears land swap

Utah trust lands officials hope to trade state land in and around Bears Ears for 142,000 acres of BLM land with devel...

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about 2 years ago
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Here’s the land SITLA officials want to swap with the feds for property inside Bears Ears

Utah lawmakers balked at a trade involving state lands inside Bears Ears National Monument, a move that could delay o...

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about 2 years ago
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Touted as ‘gold mine’ for school trust, land swap in Bears Ears could fail as lawmakers eye monum...

Any trades of state land exceeding 500 acres require approval from the Legislature, which has always approved large, ...

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over 2 years ago
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Major vacation destination proposed for SITLA land previously eyed for desert golf course in Kanab

A state-owned parcel retired Utah lawmaker Mike Noel hoped to use for a luxury golf course in Kanab will instead be d...

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over 2 years ago
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SITLA wants out of Bears Ears, trade for other federal lands

The Utah School and Institutional Trust and Lands Administration, or SITLA, is exploring how to shed the 135,000 acre...

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over 2 years ago
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Mike Noel’s proposed luxury golf course in Kanab rejected by SITLA

Mike Noel’s dream of a destination golf course in Kanab hit a sand trap last week when state trust lands officials de...

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over 2 years ago
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Can complicated land trade fix Red Butte Garden’s fence snafu?

The Forest Service looks to a complicated land exchange to resolve Red Butte Garden's apparently illegal inclusion of...

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over 2 years ago
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If former state Rep. Mike Noel builds a golf course in the desert, will they come?

A tiny rural Utah water district wants to build a luxury golf course outside Kanab using state dollars and state owne...

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over 2 years ago
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Utah school land trust to sell unprofitable 8,000-acre block near Powder Mountain

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