{"id":867,"date":"2014-08-07T03:00:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T03:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moablog.com\/?p=867"},"modified":"2014-10-09T20:50:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T20:50:42","slug":"can-this-be-wonderful-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moablog.com\/?p=867","title":{"rendered":"Can this be wonderful news?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:24px;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;\">But first, a word from our sponsor&#8230;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a8IdrfSyqQM\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNow then, the news! 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padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span class=\"submitted-label\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: capitalize;\">By<\/span>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/upr.org\/people\/elaine-taylor\" rel=\"author\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(12, 76, 162); text-decoration: none;\">ELAINE TAYLOR<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"card-content\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden \" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<div class=\"field-items\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 22px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\" property=\"content:encoded\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA land exchange deal which would allow for a land trade between school lands and the Bureau of Land Management is close to finalization after nearly ten years of negotiations.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-asset-image-wrapper inset\" style=\"margin: 6px 0px 10px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: right; clear: right; width: 280px;\">\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-asset-image\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a agency=\"Credit Bureau of Land Management\" caption=\"The Bureau of Land Management acquired world-class recreation sites such as Corona Arch and Morning Glory Arch in a 60-million-acre land exchange with the State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration. \" class=\"cp-image-link lightbox cboxElement\" href=\"http:\/\/mediad.publicbroadcasting.net\/p\/upr\/files\/201403\/Corona_Arch_0.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"margin: 0px; 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padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; color: rgb(191, 191, 191); font-style: italic;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit Bureau of Land Management\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUnder the exchange nearly 60 million acres of land, appraised at equal value, will be traded between the Utah School Institutional Trust Lands Administration and the BLM.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe BLM&rsquo;s Megan Crandall said&nbsp;through the trade&nbsp;SITLA would receive 35,000 acres of land from the BLM in exchange for more than 25,000 acres in Uintah, Grand and San Juan counties.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&ldquo;Through the exchange the Bureau of Land Management is going to get some wonderful lands with increased recreational opportunities, which is great,&quot; said Crandall. &quot;But the state is also going to get some lands that have very high potential for energy development.&quot;\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe land exchange was approved earlier this year and is now open to public inspection. SITLA Director John Andrews said after the comment period ends, concerns will be investigated before the deal moves to the legislature.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;Once the protest period is over, there are a couple of additional notices that the BLM has to file with the relevant congressional committees and then the only thing left to do is to exchange the title documents and record the deeds,&quot; said Andrews.&nbsp;\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAndrews expects the exchange to be finalized in early May.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But first, a word from our sponsor&#8230; Now then, the news! 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