A windfall of mining, extraction and development potential is coming to 20 Utah counties.
“There are a few issues more controversial in my state than public lands,” said U.S. Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, the bill’s sponsor. “I want to point out that this legislation does not codify the Bears Ears monument, it simply is a totally separate issue.”“It’s not like it’s an organized checkerboard,” Curtis said. “It’s these random boxes. These could be on the side of a mountain, they could be in the midst of a sacred, ancient Native American site. They could be in all of these random places.
SITLA is primarily charged with using its land to generate money to support K-12 public schools. While the state can still use and manage those lands within Bears Ears however it wants, the surrounding federal lands now have limitations on activities like mining and development. That, in turn, makes it hard for SITLA to attract extractors and developers to invest in its own property.
“It was always difficult for us to make money off of these lands” within Bears Ears, McConkie told the Congressional subcommittee. “We’ve made about $80,000 a year, typically, on grazing [there].” Through this land exchange, SITLA will hand over those parcels and gain property in 20 different counties with the potential for oil and gas extraction, renewable energy projects, real estate development and landfills. Some also include valuable minerals, like potash, lithium and uranium.
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