The state in August filed a lawsuit asking the court to declare the federal Bureau of Land Management’s ownership of 18.5 million acres of land in Utah unconstitutional.
Utah officials had asked the nation’s high court whether the federal government can indefinitely control public lands within the state’s borders., striking a major blow to the state’s effort to wrest control of millions of acres of land from the federal government.
“We are also heartened to know the incoming administration shares our commitments to the principle of ‘multiple use’ for these federal lands and is committed to working with us to improve land management,” they said in a Monday statement. “We will continue to fight to keep public lands in public hands because it is our stewardship, heritage and home.”has also budgeted more than $2.
“We’re grateful the Supreme Court swiftly rejected the State of Utah’s misguided land grab lawsuit,” Steve Bloch, SUWA’s legal director, said in a statement. “For more than 100 years, the Supreme Court has affirmed the power of the federal government to hold and manage public lands on behalf of all Americans.”
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