The Utah leaders behind the reckless federal lawsuit may view our public lands as mere blank spots on the map, ripe for wealthy private landowners, commercial developers, oil and gas companies ...

GRAND COUNTY, Utah — Redge Johnson stood at the fork in a rutted dirt road, gazing across an empty desert at a mammoth red rock butte. To the right curved a route that travelers in 4x4s or off ...

On its face, the complaint is benign — Utah is simply asking to manage half of the federally-owned land in the state. But it’s much bigger than that. The case is a Trojan horse that could ...

And it’s growing at an annual average of 8.4% — the highest of any state. Utah’s world-famous national public lands draw millions of visitors to the state each year, who then spend money at ...