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County approves Willard Canyon Trail agreement; public commenters press for reopened access
Summary
Box Elder County approved a multi‑party agreement intended to preserve public access to Willard Canyon by relocating and dedicating the trail where mining activity has made the existing route unsafe; public commenters, including a local trail coalition, asked the sheriff to open the route and sought a copy of the agreement for legal review.
Box Elder County Commissioners approved Agreement 25‑24, a three‑party deal among Box Elder County, Willard City and the Wells family designed to preserve continued public access to the Willard Canyon trail while allowing the trail to be relocated where mining activity has rendered parts of the old route unsafe.
County Attorney staff described the agreement as providing a process to vacate the current trail alignment and dedicate a new alignment as needed; the contract anticipates future relocations (“we may have to do it 3 or 4 times,” the county attorney said) and establishes Willard City as the local enforcement authority for trail rules on city‑controlled…
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