Stop Direct Sale of Public Land in Emery County
Notice of Realty Action: Direct Sale of Public Land in Emery County, Utah
Bureau of Land Management· Emery County public lands, Utah, Ferron City municipal golf course parcelFederal Register 2026-08548 ↗
The groups on this fight
4 groups work Utah
By footprint, from the same match the STAND matchmaker runs; none is linked to this decision in our record yet. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.
- Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition
Works Utah: the five-Tribe coalition that petitioned for the monument and shared in managing it until the July 2026 proclamation disbanded the Bears Ears Commission.
- Grand Staircase Escalante Partners
Works Utah: the monument’s friends group: science, stewardship, and the legal fight over its boundaries.
- Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Works Utah: sued BLM in August 2024 to void 51 reaffirmed oil and gas leases in the San Rafael Desert, including one in the heart of the Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness carved by the Green River..
- Utah Diné Bikéyah
Works Utah: the Native-led nonprofit whose cultural mapping work built the original monument proposal.
Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.
The BLM is proposing to sell 157.31 acres of public land in Emery County, Utah, to Ferron City for $173,000. The land currently hosts a municipal golf course that's been operating under a Recreation and Public Purposes Act lease, and the sale would transfer the surface estate to the city without a reversionary clause. This means the land would leave federal ownership permanently, removing the public interest protections and use restrictions that come with RPPA leases.
In the agency’s own words
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes a direct sale of a 157.31-acre parcel of public land in Emery County, Utah, to Ferron City (City). This parcel is currently leased to the City under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act (RPPA), and it contains a municipal golf course constructed and operated by the City pursuant to an authorized Plan of Development. The purpose of the sale would be to enable future golf course management that is not limited by the requirements of the RPPA. The parcel would be offered for sale pursuant to the John D. Dingell Jr., Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. The sale…
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