The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a decision that prevents the state of Utah and San Juan County from turning a creek in Canyonlands National Park into a highway for off-roaders.
The United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a long-awaited decision rejecting arguments by San Juan County and the State of Utah that Salt Creek Canyon in Canyonlands National Park is a state highway. Salt Creek Canyon is one of the crown jewels of Canyonlands National Park. It contains the only perennial stream in…
Throughout the West, especially in Utah and Alaska but elsewhere as well, local jurisdictions have attempted to use Repealed Statute 2477, a Civil War era law, to claim rights of way to streambeds and other parts of national parks, forests, monuments, and other federal lands for developments or access of various sorts. In this case,…
