October 24 Trust Lands Auction to Benefit Public Schools, State Hospitals
The School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) will sell 18 trust land parcels at its biannual public auction at 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 24 in the Deer Valley Room at the Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel located at 150 West 500 South. This is the largest sale of trust lands in recent history with […]
Treasurer Damschen Announces Record-Breaking Trust Fund Distributions
Utah State Treasurer David Damschen today announced that the Permanent State School Fund will make the largest-ever distribution to Utah schools next year. Schools are slated to receive a record $82.66 million from the Permanent State School Fund in July 2019 – a 12 percent increase from this year’s distribution of $74 million and a […]
BLM Small Shooting Closure at Lake Mountain
BLM NEWS RELEASE: Following coordination with local communities, county and State government, Tribes and other stakeholders, the Bureau of Land Management has established an Interim Final Supplementary Rule (Rule) to implement a 2,004-acre long-term target shooting closure in the Eastern Lake Mountains of Utah County, Utah. The Rule continues to allow for activities, including lawful […]
SITLA GIS Team Honored With Esri Award
Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, presented the SITLA GIS Team with Esri’s Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award on July 11 at the annual Esri User Conference. Selected from over 300,000 eligible candidates, SITLA’s GIS Team received the award for its innovative application of mapping, data analytics, and thought leadership in the field of […]
SITLA Opens Vernal Office
SITLA has established a regional office in Vernal to better collaborate with the Ute Tribe, private business, government agencies, and the community on energy development and other SITLA projects in the Uinta Basin. SITLA Oil and Gas Resource Specialist Tyson Todd, who is originally from Roosevelt, will lead the office located in the Uintah County […]
Rep. Chris Stewart’s ACE Act Passes the House
Rep. Chris Stewart’s bipartisan legislation, H.R. 4257 the Advancing Conservation and Education (ACE) Act, was passed unanimously by the House of Representatives. In Utah, and throughout the western United States, millions of acres of school trust lands are trapped within wilderness areas, national parks, national monuments and other areas that have been set aside for […]
2018 Friends of the Trust
School and Institutional Trust Lands Director David Ure presented Gayle McKeachnie and Margaret Dayton with 2018 Friend of the Trust awards earlier this month for their advocacy and support of Utah’s K-12 public school trust and its $2.5 billion endowment. Throughout their public service, both McKeachnie and Dayton have supported and sponsored legislation to move […]
Con Amore, North Point Elementary Win #SITLAFunds2018 Challenge
Congratulations to the Con Amore School in Duchesne County School District and North Point Elementary in Alpine School District for winning the #SITLAfunds18 Photo Challenge this year. Each school received $1000 to supplement their School LAND Trust Funds. In cooperation with the School Children’s Trust Office at the Utah Office of Education, SITLA organized the […]
Career Opportunities at Utah Trust Lands
SITLA is recruiting a professional to join its team and help the agency meet its mission of administering trust lands prudently and profitably for Utah’s schoolchildren and other trust beneficiaries: IT Analyst III / Full Stack Developer:Â This position supports SITLA by designing secure, modern systems that assist with public land management. Visit the State […]
Senator Hinkins Named Friend of the Trust
Senator David Hinkins received the 2017 Friend of the Trust Award at a ceremony held at Emery High School in Castle Dale Tuesday, December 19. Emery County School District Superintendent Larry W. Davis, Emery High School Principal Steven Gordon, and Emery High School students joined in the presentation. The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) […]