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Senate advances bill to clarify state lands around Bear River Bird Refuge; sponsors say refuge operations won’t change
Summary
Senate passed House Bill 192, a measure described by its sponsor as a 'real-estate cleanup' intended to restart negotiations with federal officials over intermingled state and refuge lands; sponsors repeatedly stated the bill would not close or change the federal refuge.
Senators debated and passed House Bill 192 on Feb. 27, a bill intended to clarify state ownership of lands intermingled with the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and to prompt renewed negotiations with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Sponsor Senator Knudson framed the measure as a narrowly tailored real-estate bill intended to bring…
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