One side of the “Birthing Scene” petroglyph near Moab, Utah. (Courthouse News photo / Kelsey
Jukam)
(CN) A conservation group sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in federal court Thursday, claiming the agency issued dozens of oil and gas leases without adequately considering the impact they would have on the more than 50,000 acres in Southeastern Utah that are jam-packed with archeological sites.
“During the Trump Administration, there was a fire sale of lands throughout the West,” said Josh Ewing, executive director of Friends of Cedar Mesa, which filed the lawsuit. “That included the most archeologically rich area of the United States.”
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