An Illinois senator asked Congress for more Utah wilderness land, without any Utah co-sponsors. In response, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) wants more Illinois land.
An Illinois senator has again reintroduced a piece of legislation that would protect 8.4 million acres of Utah. Meanwhile, a Utah representative is pushing for the digitization of federal land maps.
Biden unveils plan to conserve 30% of the U.S.
With plenty of beautiful public land, will Utah play an outsized role in reaching the goal?
(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Scenic landscapes like Utah s San Rafael Swell, seen in this 2010 photo shot from the Wedge Overlook, are expected to play a role in President Joe Biden s ambitious conservation agenda that looks to protect 30% of the nation s lands and waters by 2030.
| May 8, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
President Joe Biden’s land and water conservation plan, released Thursday under the title “America the Beautiful,” highlights a preference for locally driven initiatives, tribal sovereignty, job creation, respect for private property rights and reliance on science all things that seem tailored to blunt the concerns of the West’s conservative political leaders who reflexively chafe at development restrictions on public lands.