BLM Reopens Utah Public Lands to Mining Entries
February 24, 2026
February 24, 2026
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management announced that nearly 1,000 acres of federal land in the Salt Lake Meridian, Utah, are once again open for mining location and entry. This change pecifically applies to non-metalliferous minerals.
The land in question was originally withdrawn from public use nearly a century ago under Executive Order 5327, issued on April 15, 1930. That order restricted surface entry on lands thought to cont . . .
The land in question was originally withdrawn from public use nearly a century ago under Executive Order 5327, issued on April 15, 1930. That order restricted surface entry on lands thought to cont . . .