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) […]
DNR, SITLA Open New Richfield Complex
SITLA joined the Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR) dedicating the new DNR Richfield Regional Complex located at 2031 South Industrial Park Road in Richfield. The regional complex houses employees from three DNR divisions, including Forestry, Fire and State Lands, Water Rights and Wildlife Resources. Additionally, SITLA and the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food […]
May 24 Auction to Benefit Public Schools, State Reservoirs
SITLA will sell four trust land parcels, totaling 1,160 acres at its biannual public auction 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 24 at SITLA Offices located at 675 East 500 South in Salt Lake City. Proceeds from the sale of the Needles Outpost, Cedar City, and Rip Gut Creek properties will be deposited into the $2.2 billion […]
#SITLAfunds17 Instagram Challenge Underway
The #SITLAfunds17 Instagram Challenge is underway and continues through April 28. SITLA and the School Children’s Trust Office at the Utah State Board of Education ask students, teachers, school community councils, and principals to show and tell us how their school used its School LAND Trust Funds. We’ll award $1000 School LAND Trust Fund bonuses […]