Environmental groups can join the federal government in a long-standing dispute with Kane County, Utah, over rights-of-way near Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, the Tenth Circuit ruled Monday.
Kane County claims to own title to hundreds of alleged rights-of-way over public lands in southern Utah, according to various quiet title suits filed throughout 15 years of litigation. A large portion of Kane County covers the southern part of Grand Staircase-Escalante, which contains some of the most remote wilderness in the country.
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, the Wilderness Society, Sierra Club, and Grand Canyon Trust moved to intervene in the current suit ...
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