Trail Ride to Challenge Federal Control of Utah Land.

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22. Dozens ride ATVs into Utah’s Recapture Canyon in lands dispute rally

By Brian Maffly
The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published 3 hours ago • Updated 3 minutes ago

Blanding • Fed up with federal control over lands their families have used for generations, about 30 people on ATVs on Saturday drove into Recapture Canyon, a nearby trove of prehistoric sites the Bureau of Land Management closed to motorized use seven years ago ...

At least a half-dozen San Juan and Kane county sheriff’s deputies on horses watched as protesters, including children and armed militia members from Montana, drove their ATVs past the canyon’s closure signs ...

Ryan Bundy, son of the Nevada rancher, joined the protest ride into Recapture Canyon ...

But there was little sympathy from environmental, hunting and preservation groups, as well as tribal members, who claim an ancestral affiliation with the Native Americans who inhabited the canyon 1,000 years ago. Critics say ATV enthusiasts have themselves to blame for the closure by building an unauthorized trail over archaeological sites that harbors middens, kivas, farming plots and cooking areas ...

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