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SITLA pleads for Legislature’s approval of Bears Ears land swap

Documents obtained by The Tribune describes all 81 “target” parcels and what SITLA wants to do with them.

(Brian Maffly | The Salt Lake Tribune) Spring Canyon, a scenic hiking destination outside Zion National Park, is part of a proposed land swap in which the state would shed its extensive holdings inside Bears Ears National Monument. The Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration owns a section in Spring Canyon that would be included among the 160,000 acres the state would give to the fed in exchange for 142,000 acres of federal land in 19 counties.

(Brian Maffly | The Salt Lake Tribune) Spring Canyon, a scenic hiking destination outside Zion National Park, is part of a proposed land swap in which the state would shed its extensive holdings inside Bears Ears National Monument. The Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration owns a section in Spring Canyon that would be included among the 160,000 acres the state would give to the fed in exchange for 142,000 acres of federal land in 19 counties.

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