BLM, SITLA Request Public Help to Protect Raptors
Each spring raptors return to the Indian Creek area for nesting. Eagles, falcons, and other migratory birds use shallow depressions on ledges, cliffs and rock walls, and often return to the same site year after year to raise their young. The BLM requests that hikers and climbers voluntarily avoid nest sites during critical nesting periods,… Read more »
#BeMinedUtah19 Photo Challenge
How do minerals power your school? We’re giving $500 to two schools who share a fun, creative photos showing how minerals power their students, classrooms, and schools. The #BeMinedUtah2019 statewide photo challenge is open to all K-12 public school students, teachers, principals, and administrators and runs the entire month of February. The Utah Division of Oil, Gas… Read more »
BLM Releases Sevier Playa Potash Project for Public Comment
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Fillmore Field Office is initiating a 45-day public comment period for the Sevier Playa Potash Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) ending on January 14, 2019. This project helps to meet Administration priorities by increasing the availability of critical minerals, in this case sulfate of potash, which is used… Read more »
Logan HS, USU Extension Help Reforest Beaver Mountain
Twenty Logan High School students joined state foresters and other volunteers to help plant 3,000 ponderosa pine seedlings on school trust lands at Beaver Mountain, an event organized by the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands (FFSL) and SITLA. SITLA Forester Adam Robison introduced students to a recently-harvested project area and discussed how… Read more »
SITLA Auction Nets $4 Million for Public School, Other Endowments
SITLA sold 17 trust land parcels at its biannual public auction last week generating $4,013,060 for the endowments for public schools, state hospitals, teaching colleges, and reservoirs. The 17 parcels sold at public auction totaled just under 3,000 surface acres in nine counties throughout the state. By law, SITLA retains the mineral estate. The 240-acre… Read more »
February 20 | SITLA Board of Trustees Meeting
The SITLA Board of Trustees meets to review and discuss trust lands issues, operations, and business projects. Please review the full agenda and board packet.March 13 | SITLA Board of Trustees Meeting
The SITLA Board of Trustees meets to review and discuss trust lands issues, operations, and business projects. The full agenda and supporting documents will be posted when available.
March 27 | Career Fair at Monument Valley High School
SITLA is pleased to join Junior Achievement of Utah for a career fair at Monument Valley High School in the San Juan School District.March 28 | Career Fair at Whitehorse High School
SITLA is pleased to join Junior Achievement of Utah for a career fair at Whitehorse High School in the San Juan School District.April 10 | SITLA Board of Trustees Meeting
The SITLA Board of Trustees meets to review and discuss trust lands issues, operations, and business projects. The full agenda and supporting documents will be posted when available.May 8 | SITLA Board of Trustees Meeting
The SITLA Board of Trustees meets to review and discuss trust lands issues, operations, and business projects. The full agenda and supporting documents will be posted when available.
May 16-17 | Utah PTA Leadership Convention
SITLA is a proud sponsor of the Utah PTA Leadership Convention. We look forward to meeting with teachers, parents, and administrators at this annual event.
May 30 | Governor’s Energy Summit
Under the leadership of Governor Gary R. Herbert, the Energy Summit is dedicated to knitting together diverse perspectives to build key relationships and to chart new paths for the responsible growth of the energy and minerals sector at home and abroad.June 12 | SITLA Board of Trustees Meeting
The SITLA Board of Trustees meets to review and discuss trust lands issues, operations, and business projects. The full agenda and supporting documents will be posted when available.
