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Utah Senate adopts resolution on Grand Staircase'Escalante, debates impact on school trust lands
Summary
After an extended floor debate about process, compensation and resource impacts, the Utah Senate passed First Substitute H.C.R. 1 directing support for the School and Institutional Trust Lands administration and urging examination of legal and mitigation options related to the Grand Staircase'Escalante National Monument.
The Utah Senate spent an extended portion of its Feb. 11 floor session debating first substitute House Concurrent Resolution 1 (HCR 1), which addresses the Grand Staircase'Escalante National Monument and potential impacts on the school and institutional trust lands the state holds for the benefit of Utah's schoolchildren.
Sponsors and supporters argued the resolution asks the federal government and other parties to honor prior commitments and to examine mitigation, compensation and trade options for trust lands locked into the monument. Speakers cited estimates of…
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