Utah’s senators have joined forces to safeguard some of the state’s historic roads from closure as a result of Bureau of Land Management edicts.

The Salt Lake Tribune examines the shifting political landscape and its effect on Utah's Bear Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante—an ongoing fight that an area business owner refers to as "living in limbo.

At stake is control of public lands in Western states, and conservationists fear increased efforts to roll back protections under the next Trump administration.

A coalition of Utah Republicans has filed legislation invoking a 19th century mining law to block the Bureau of Land Management from implementing a series of travel management plans in the state that critics say emphasizes conservation over public access.

The Supreme Court is turning back a push by the state of Utah to wrest control of vast areas of public land from the federal government.

The Bureau of Land Management Utah State Office will hold a competitive geothermal lease sale on April 8, 2025, offering 15 parcels totaling 50,813 acres on public lands in Beaver, Iron, and Sevier counties.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lawsuit by Utah that argued the federal government was unconstitutionally holding onto vast, unreserved swathes of the Republican-led state's territory comprising more than a third of the land within its borders.

The Bureau of Land Management will be offering 15 parcels in three counties in Utah for a geothermal lease sale to be held on April 2025.

stating "Utah remains able and willing to challenge any BLM land management decisions that harm Utah" and maintaining their stance to "continue to fight to keep public lands in public hands because it is our stewardship, heritage and home" according to ...

In 1996, President Bill Clinton created the Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument with pen and paper at a table in neighboring Arizona. The designation came as a harsh surprise to Utah political leaders who asserted they were blindsided by the move.

Utah sought to have the case elevated to the federal Supreme Court without first wending its way through lower courts. The court rejected that request Monday. While Utah, Idaho and other states involved in the effort could opt to refile with lower courts, they have not yet done so.

Utah targeted 18.5 million acres of Bureau of Land Management property belonging to all Americans. Beehivers first said they wanted the court to “dispose” of the BLM property, then clarified that the state just wanted the court to say it is ...