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Feds cancel 25 Trump-era oil and gas leases in archaeology rich SE Utah

LiDAR identified ancient roads and evidence of berm-swale fields

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Jonathan P. Thompson
May 10, 2024
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Looking up Recapture Canyon in the Lands Between. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.

NEWS: The Bureau of Land Management cancelled 25 Trump-era oil and gas leases totaling more than 40,000 acres in the Lands Between, an area in southeastern Utah rich with cultural resources between Bears Ears and Hovenweep/Canyon of the Ancients National Monuments.

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