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House approves SB221 to coordinate state role in federal land resource management
Summary
The House passed the second substitute of SB221, which seeks to strengthen state input into federal resource-management plans under the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976, on a 65-5 vote after expansive debate about local control, conservation and multiple use.
The Utah House on March 8 passed the second substitute of Senate Bill 221, a measure intended to formalize state participation and influence in federal resource-management planning under the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976.
Representative Noel, the House sponsor, said SB221 is a "very, very important step" to give the state a stronger role coordinating with the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service on resource management plans. He argued state plans and county plans should be considered in federal…
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