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County, agencies debate wild-horse management and oppose some solar/mining site choices
Summary
Council members urged up-to-date county general plans to influence federal land-management decisions, pressed BLM to advance NEPA on wild-horse gathers, and discussed solar and limestone-mining proposals on SITLA and BLM land; speakers encouraged ongoing presence in cooperating-agency processes.
Commissioners and agency staff used the council meeting to press for clearer county direction on wild-horse management and to express caution about large-scale solar and mining proposals on state and federal lands.
Multiple speakers said a current, practical county general plan is an effective tool when negotiating with BLM and the Forest Service — but only if the county uses it consistently in meetings and cooperating-agency roles. "The more you're there with that general plan and say this is the position of Emery County, the more it gets heard and…
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