On Dec. 31, 2014 Utah began the process to retake 31.2 million acres of its own land previously under the control of the federal government. Utah consists of 54.3 million acres, so Washington was controlling more than 65% the state.
The “Transfer of Public Lands Act”, signed by Utah Gov. Gary Herbert in 2012, is an unprecedented move that directly challenges the authority of the federal government.
Now, since the reclaim has taken place, Utah is gearing up to fight the feds.
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The headline that says Utah retook land from the federal government seems to be wrong according to this story,
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2015/jan/05/utahs-federal-land-take-over-plan-stalls/
And………puke!!!
Holy sh#t, if you’re for this you’re a total f#cktard
Teddy Roosevelt’s greatest accomplishment was preserving land like this. Way to F#ck it up.
Way to go Utah!
Was this some of the land Clinton grabbed on his last day in office. If he thought it was such a good deal for everybody, why not on his FIRST day in office?
I think the appropriate statement is that Utah is nullifying an action that the federal govt had no authority to take. The states were originally independent nations that were loosely bound together for protection against outside influences. The statists of the day illegally dumped the Articles of Confederation and replaced it with the Cons$#%&!@*ution, a do$#%&!@*ent that gave unprecendented power to a centralized govt. Utah is just doing what several other states are beginning to do, namely, exert their original authority as sovereign states.
Good for Utah…..
Can you tell me what tribe owned it before Navajo ? Cuz Navajo took it from another weaker tribe.
Good job Utah!!!