Supreme Court resurrects group’s legal fight over private government meetings with Zinke Annie Knox © Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Rancher Kenny Black talks with U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke while on a horseback ride in the Bears Ears National Monument with local and state representatives on Tuesday, May 9, 2017.
SALT LAKE CITY A conservation group can resume its legal push to find out what happened during private meetings between leaders of three Utah counties and federal public lands officials before the sharp downsizing of two national monuments, the Utah Supreme Court ruled in two decisions released Thursday.
The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance alleges the Kane and Garfield county commissions violated state public meeting laws in 2017 when they met with then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke without posting notice ahead of time.
Utah Supreme Court: Group can continue legal fight over Zinke meetings
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SUWA can sue over Zinke s secret meetings with Utah county commissioners over monuments
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(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) An off-road utility terrain vehicle (UTV) motors up Fins & Things 4x4 Trail at the Sand Flats Recreation Area trail, located just 4 miles from downtown Moab, Feb. 19, 2021.
Moab • The planets had aligned for Anthony Charles.
In the span of 10 days last May, his wife, Didar, gave birth to their first child, and the couple moved into a new house in Moab with their name on the title, another first.
The 41-year-old didn’t know if he’d ever own a home in his hometown, where nightly rentals and second-home owners have driven prices so far they felt out of reach. Charles and his family were overjoyed as they settled into the energy-efficient house with nearly 2-foot-thick straw-bale walls on the eastern edge of the mining town turned tourist haven.
SUWA can sue over Zinke s secret meetings with Utah county commissioners over monuments
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