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House adopts resolution opposing large federal wilderness designations after extended debate
Summary
The Utah House passed House Joint Resolution 10 opposing proposed federal wilderness designations (citing ~9 million acres) after extended debate about energy access, local control and conservation; final vote was 58–11, 6 absent.
The Utah House on Feb. 14 approved House Joint Resolution 10 (HJR10), a message to Congress and the Bureau of Land Management urging opposition to proposed wilderness-designation actions that sponsors said would restrict multiple uses on roughly 9,000,000 acres in Utah.
Representative Tilton, the House sponsor, opened the floor by saying the resolution affirms that "Utahns need to be involved in the process" and argued that wilderness characteristics should be determined through Congress rather than administrative action. He framed the resolution as both support for Utah’s congressional delegation and opposition to administrative designations he said would limit multiple uses including recreation and business.
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