Utah Governor Gary Herbert recently signed HB148. This law requires the federal government to extinguish title to public lands and turn them over to the state to manage. The law leaves the National Parks, designated wilderness areas, and national monuments off the table (with the exception of the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument). The idea behind the law is to turn over land management decision to the state in order to allow Utah to have more control over its own destiny.
Derek
Derek Dowsett is the Producer of the County Seat. Now entering his 11th season of the program, he has received what he considers a "Crash Course" in County Government.