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Trails Utah pitches federal bill to ease wilderness boundaries, enable shared-use Bonneville Shoreline Trail
Summary
Trails Utah executive director Sarah Bennett briefed the commission on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail Advancement Act, which would retract selected wilderness boundaries in Cache, Salt Lake and Utah counties to permit mechanized trail work and mountain-bike–friendly shared use; commissioners pressed for wildfire buffers and maintenance plans.
Sarah Bennett, executive director of Trails Utah, described a bill authored with support from Congressman John Curtis to modify selected wilderness boundaries along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail so that shared-use trail construction and mechanized maintenance work would be possible in specific, built-up segments.
Bennett framed the measure as a narrower, trail-focused offshoot of prior Central Wasatch conservation and recreation legislation. She said the bill would retract…
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