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Groups sue to block helium drilling project inside Utah wilderness

These environmental groups are trying to block a pre-Christmas authorization to start work in Labyrinth Canyon.

(Courtesy photo by Pete McBride, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance) Utah’s distinctive Bowknot Bend on the Green River was included in the recently designated Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness Area. Environmental groups are suing to block the Bureau of Land Management from approving a helium well on land, marked in red, inside the wilderness area designated under the Emery County land bill signed into law in March 2019.

(Courtesy photo by Pete McBride, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance) Utah’s distinctive Bowknot Bend on the Green River was included in the recently designated Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness Area. Environmental groups are suing to block the Bureau of Land Management from approving a helium well on land, marked in red, inside the wilderness area designated under the Emery County land bill signed into law in March 2019.

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