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.

We discuss the passage of HB148, a bill that sets a deadline for the federal government to extinguish title to federal lands with in the state by the end of 2014. The bill doesn’t release the national parks, designated wilderness, and national monuments (except the Grand Staircase Escalate Monument). How does large amount of federal ownership of land in Utah affect the state?