WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?

The "western states" of 1828 had the same complaints about public lands we have today. Only they knew their history and had the resolve to work together to correct the situation.

Will we learn from the past?

Recent legislation passed in the State of Utah has demanded that the federal government extinguish title to certain public lands that the federal government currently holds.

 The State of Utah claims that the federal government made promises to it (at statehood when the federal government obtained the lands) that the federal ownership would be of limited duration and that the bulk of those lands would be timely disposed of by the federal government into private ownership or otherwise returned to the State.

 This White Paper provides a legal overview of these claims.

How Can The States Afford To

Manage Their Public Lands?

A recent report by the Institute for Energy Research puts to rest the question of how western states can afford to manage their public lands.

Read more on our News page.