Trial Over What Constitutes a "Road" In Canyonlands National Park: Vestiges of Sagebrush Rebels
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There long have been pockets of disgust over federal land ownership in the West, and perhaps nowhere are those sentiments stronger than in Utah, where roughly two-thirds of the landscape is federally managed. While the "Sagebrush Rebellion" mightily reared its head some three decades ago, its waning vestiges are on trial this week over whether a creek bed constitutes a road in Canyonlands National Park.
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- By Kurt Repanshek - September 13th, 2009 5:16am