State of Utah, motorized recreators challenge BLM road closures near Moab

The two appeals now head the Interior Board of Land Appeals, which has 45 days to decide whether the Bureau of Land Management’s road closures in the Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges Travel Management Area will go into effect.

(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, tours the Gemini Bridges area in 2016. On Monday, the State of Utah and motorized recreation groups challenged the Bureau of Land Management's plan for the area, which closed roads to motorized use.