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Utah Republican Rep. John Curtis’ bill to repeal a controversial new public lands policy is gaining traction after passing out of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday. The WEST Act — short for Western Economic Security Today — would direct the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw its “Public Lands Rule” that was recently finalized. […]

Utah Republican Rep. John Curtis’ bill to repeal a controversial new public lands policy is gaining traction after passing out of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday. The WEST Act — short for Western Economic Security Today — would direct the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw its “Public Lands Rule” that was recently […] The post Curtis’ bill to repeal BLM public land policy gets green light from House appeared first on Utah News Disp...

Elected officials in the Beehive State are voicing their opposition to a new rule from the Bureau of Land Management, vowing to fight it in both Congress and the courts.

The America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act would designate 8.4 million as wilderness around the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments.