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Agencies brief council on forest projects, land exchanges, NEPA changes and wild-horse issues

Emery County Public Lands Council · May 6, 2025
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Summary

Forest Service, State Parks, Trust Lands and BLM staff updated the council on spring projects (disc-golf expansion, prescribed burns, guzzlers), a large land exchange, new DOI NEPA emergency timelines and contentious wild-horse counts and management options.

Representatives from Utah State Parks, the U.S. Forest Service, Trust Lands and the BLM provided updates spanning recreation, resource management and regulatory changes.

State Parks (Nathan) said the park’s spring disc-golf tournament drew roughly 100 players and that an ORV grant will fund nine new holes to create a 27-hole course. “We had the most players we've ever had in any tournament. We had 100,” Nathan said while describing campground occupancy and new seasonal hires.

Forest Service staff (Darren) reported prescribed burns (about 1,700–1,800 acres completed in recent operations), progress on guzzlers for wildlife (fencing around two of…

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