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Utah’s Land Grab Ripoff
Posted April 8, 2013 by Jane Whalen
Please read and share this excellent piece on Utah’s Federal Lands. Mr. Van Dam challenges the state to get serious about funding education and stop using Federal Lands as a scapegoat. Van Dam: Utah’s land grab ripoff | The Salt Lake Tribune
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Learn about HB 148 – Protect your public lands
Posted March 8, 2013 by Jane Whalen
Lesley Mendenhall and Kelly Tucker have prepared this excellent document on the Transfer of Public Lands Act HB 148. Please share this broadly and help inform Utahns about the problems with HB 148. TPLA 2012 Opposing Position
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Protected Lands Promote Jobs and Higher Incomes
Posted December 4, 2012 by Jane Whalen
A recent report by Headwaters Economics finds that the West’s popular national parks, monuments, wilderness areas and other public lands offer its growing high-tech and services industries a competitive advantage, which is a major reason why the western economy has outperformed the rest of the U.S. economy in key measures of growth–employment, population, and personal… Read more »
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Dedication of Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs National Conservation Areas
Posted May 2, 2012 by Jane Whalen
The public is invited to a dedication ceremony for the Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs National Conservation Areas. Join us Monday, May 7 2:45 at the Tuacahn Amphitheater. For more information on this event click here.
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