Utah sues the feds for control over millions of acres of public land

[Pivo]

The Utah Attorney General’s Office has filed a landmark lawsuit against the federal government over “unappropriated land” in the state. The lawsuit, Gov. Spencer Cox said, asks whether it is constitutional for the federal government to “simply hold unappropriated lands within a state indefinitely.”

https://www.ksut.org/government-politic ... ublic-land

[chumley]

The state is “not trying to privatize this land,” [Governor] Cox said, but rather “manage it in a way that will better help the environment, that will help the people of Utah.”

Attorney General Sean Reyes believes the federal government is “depriving us of significant rights, resources and opportunities,” on that land, like cattle grazing and mineral mining.

The governor and the AG are talking out of the opposite sides of their fecesports.

[Pivo]

Meanwhile in CO.
A federal appeals court heard oral arguments in Colorado on Sept. 26 in a legal challenge to two of the largest national monuments in the continental U.S.; Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in southern Utah.
https://www.ksut.org/2024-09-25/federal ... -monuments

[chumley]

Because Utah is in our collective backyards, what does @pivo's feed say about the Little Cottonwood Canyon gondola plan?

Is there anything interesting about the new Navajo resort at Horseshoe Bend?

[hikeaz]

@chumley
Are they both electric?

[RedRoxx44]

@chumley
Yeah, read we have constituents with big money that want to log and mine, drill for oil on that land so "F" off.

[Pivo]

Now, 12 states and a few state legislatures are supporting Utah’s effort, signing amicus briefs on Tuesday with the nation’s high court.
Idaho, Alaska, Wyoming and the Arizona Legislature.
A coalition of counties in Arizona and New Mexico, the New Mexico Federal Lands Council and New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau.
https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/10/28/ ... lled-land/

[Pivo]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned back a push by the state of Utah to wrest control of vast areas of public land from the federal government, marking a small victory for land conservation advocates who worry similar efforts may escalate in a Republican-controlled Washington.
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/ap/wa ... 9429f.html

[chumley]

@Pivo All day yesterday I was wondering about the delay in getting this update posted in the forum. My faith in you has been restored.

[Pivo]

@chumley
I was in Durango yesterday, and unlike you kids, I don't feel the need to check my feeds and phone constantly. You could have posted the update yourself.