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State office urges better staffing and county support to speed Recreation and Public Purposes filings

5822115 · September 16, 2025
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Summary

A PLIPCO review of BLM Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) parcels found the program underused in Utah and recommended embedding state staff to help counties prepare complete proposals and speed processing; counties face additional ESA/NEPA work that extends timelines.

The Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office (PLIPCO) reported to the Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Interim Committee that Utah has underused the Bureau of Land Management’s Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) process and that counties need assistance to prepare complete proposals.

Reg Johnson, director of PLIPCO, and Dylan…

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