Commentary: Senate takes a big, bipartisan step toward protecting public lands

With the U.S. Senate’s passage Wednesday of a package of bills that includes the Emery County Public Land Management Act, Utah draws closer to a historic first: a landscape-scale wilderness bill for treasured public lands managed by the BLM, including portions of Desolation and Labyrinth Canyons and the San Rafael Swell.When the bill passes the House of Representatives and receives President Trump’s signature, it will be good news for Utah’s canyon country. But it didn’t