{"id":93,"date":"2016-06-20T16:45:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T16:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2016-06-21T18:03:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T18:03:07","slug":"land-use","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/land-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Land Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Image of resource --><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"resource-image\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/images\/resources\/land use-Wasatch Front 2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- Initial Description or Introduction --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Land use refers to an administrative decision that specifies the appropriate or designated types of use for a given piece of land.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\nRelated resource topics for county planning include:\t<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"..\/wfrcresources\/agriculture\/\" target=\"_blank\">Agriculture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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class=\"column-1\">http:\/\/tlamap.trustlands.utah.gov\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/UT_SITLA_Wilderness_BLMNaturalAreas\/MapServer<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">y<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">ref-LandUse<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-64 from cache --><\/div>\n<div id=\"mapArea\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"..\/wp-content\/maps\/js\/setupMap.min.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<a title=\"undefined\" href=\"..\/wp-content\/mxds\/LandUse.zip\" target=\"_blank\">Download mxd<\/a> The\u00a0ESRI mxd file of the services used to create the above map.\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- Resource Information --><br \/>\n<div class=\"omsc-toggle\"><div class=\"omsc-toggle-title\">Resource Information<\/div><div class=\"omsc-toggle-inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For private lands, land use is usually expressed in terms of zoning and the allowable uses of land per ordinance. Allowable uses typically fall into categories of similar and compatible uses, such as residential, agricultural, or industrial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For public lands, land use is generally less specific than zoning regulations, and often several uses can occur across the same lands. Public land uses are authorized and guided by management objectives of the managing land agency such as the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) \u201cmultiple use sustained yield\u201d or the Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR) \u201csustainable use\u201d of resources of the Great Salt Lake.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- Best Management Practices --><br \/>\n<div class=\"omsc-toggle\"><div class=\"omsc-toggle-title\">Best Management Practices<\/div><div class=\"omsc-toggle-inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appropriate and allowable uses for lands are defined through planning processes specific to the agency or government that has jurisdiction over the lands. For most private, federal, and state lands, land use decisions are made through systematic planning processes. The best land use decisions are made through planning processes, which include open public participation and take into consideration potential impacts to the social, economic, and natural environment. Though this is not the case for some federal and state properties, which are managed for specific purposes, such as for lands owned or managed by Utah\u2019s State and Institutional Trust Lands (SITLA), tribal governments, and military lands. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Private Property<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Private lands are regulated by land use ordinances and zoning districts approved by local and county governments. Zoning districts, and the regulations established within the zoning districts, are authorized by Utah State Code <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/le.utah.gov\/xcode\/Title17\/Chapter27a\/17-27a-S505.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17-27a-505<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and municipalities <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/le.utah.gov\/xcode\/Title10\/Chapter9a\/10-9a-S505.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10-9a-505<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Land use ordinance and zoning maps are legislative decisions and established through planning processes open to public discussion and voted on by county and city councils. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applicable County Land Use Plans:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daviscountyutah.gov\/docs\/librariesprovider29\/planning-docs---davis-county-general-plan\/general_plan_introduction.pdf?sfvrsn=2\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Davis County General Plan (2006)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daviscountyutah.gov\/docs\/librariesprovider29\/planning-docs---davis-county-general-plan\/hillside_master_plan.pdf?sfvrsn=2\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Davis County Comprehensive Hillside Master Plan (2003)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mitigationcommission.gov\/wetlands\/pdf\/davis_shorelands_masterplan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Davis County Shorelands Comprehensive Land Use Master Plan (2001)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.morgan-county.net\/Portals\/0\/Documents\/PlanningandDevelopment\/Morgan_Co_Final_General_Plan%20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morgan County General Plan (2010)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.morgan-county.net\/Portals\/0\/Documents\/Scanned%20-%20Porterville-Richville%20Area%20Plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morgan County Porterville\/Richville Area Plan, February (2007)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/slco.org\/pwpds\/generalSpecialPlans\/gpSoWestUpdate.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salt Lake County Southwest Community General Plan Amendment (2011)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/slco.org\/pwpds\/zoning\/pdf\/CoppertonPlan\/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salt Lake County Copperton Township General Plan (2004)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/slco.org\/pwpds\/generalSpecialPlans\/gpWasatchCanyon.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salt Lake County Big Cottonwood Canyon General Plan Draft (2013)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/slco.org\/pwpds\/generalSpecialPlans\/kearnsPlan.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salt Lake County Kearns Township General Plan (2012)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/slco.org\/pwpds\/generalSpecialPlans\/gpWasatchCanyon.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salt Lake County Little Cottonwood Canyon General Plan (2013)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/slco.org\/pwpds\/generalSpecialPlans\/magnaPlan.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salt Lake County Magna Township General Plan (2012)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/slco.org\/pwpds\/generalSpecialPlans\/gpMillcreek.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salt Lake County Millcreek Township General Plan (2012)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/slco.org\/pwpds\/generalSpecialPlans\/gpWasatchCanyon.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salt Lake County Parleys Canyon General Plan (2013)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/slco.org\/recreation\/planning\/PDFdocs\/roseYellowForkCanyonMasterPlan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salt Lake County Rose Canyon and Yellow Fork Canyon Master Plan (2011)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.co.tooele.ut.us\/Clerk\/Ordinances\/2008\/2008-09.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tooele County General Plan (2008)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/valleyplan.com\/documents\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weber County Ogden Valley General Plan (2015)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.co.weber.ut.us\/mediawiki\/index.php\/West_Central_Weber_County_General_Plan\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weber County West Central Weber County General Plan (2003)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>US Bureau of Land Management (BLM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Federal Land Policy and Management Act <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blm.gov\/flpma\/FLPMA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">FLPMA<\/a>) of 1976 mandates the BLM to manage lands under multiple-use philosophy.<a href=\"#ref\">[1]<\/a> A component of FLPMA is the requirement for an open and public land use planning process, also known as the resource management plan, to determine the optimal use of public lands for recreation, conservation, and commercial activities. The most recent planning document governing land use for this region is the 1988 Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement.<a href=\"#ref\">[2]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applicable BLM Planning Documents:<\/span><\/p>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blm.gov\/style\/medialib\/blm\/ut\/natural_resources\/planning\/existing_lups6.Par.40049.File.dat\/PONYFEIS.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">Pony Express Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>US Forest Service (USFS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The USFS manages land use decisions by developing forest plans under the National Forest Management Act of 1976. The most current guidance for implementing the Act is the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/main\/planningrule\/101\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2012 Planning Rule<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; this <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/main\/planningrule\/history\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">timeline <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">provides a history of the USFS planning process. Forest plans also require consideration of alternatives and public input under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process. This provides an open planning process to assist land managers understand stakeholders\u2019 desires for various land uses as well as identify potential impacts of those uses. The most recent planning document for this region is the Revised Forest Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Wasatch-Cache National Forest.<a href=\"#ref\">[3]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applicable USFS Planning Documents:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/detail\/uwcnf\/landmanagement?cid=stelprdb5076923\" target=\"_blank\">Revised Forest Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (2003)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Department of Defense (DOD)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DOD is the third-largest land manager within in the WFRC, with nearly 1.6 million acres of property. The DOD operates the Utah Test &amp; Training Range North, Tooele Army Depot, Hill Air Force Base, Dugway Proving Grounds, and Camp Williams Army National Guard. These facilities serve critical national security interests and land use decisions are made internally, though usually after consulting appropriate local, state, and federal agencies (e.g., the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and US Fish and Wildlife Service). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applicable DOD Planning Documents:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ut.ngb.army.mil\/environ\/Natural%20Resources\/Documents\/INRMP_AGCW.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Camp Williams Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan (2007)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DNR manages about 640,000 acres of land as state parks (Antelope Island), Wildlife Reserves and Management Areas, and State Sovereign Lands (Great Salt Lake) under the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands (FFSL). In general, state parks and wildlife areas are managed primarily for resource protection, while the State of Utah manages the Great Salt Lake under a multiple-use paradigm. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applicable DNR planning documents:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forestry.utah.gov\/index.php\/state-lands\/great-salt-lake\/great-salt-lake-plans\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final Great Salt Lake Comprehensive Management Plan and Record of Decision (2013)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forestry.utah.gov\/index.php\/state-lands\/great-salt-lake\/great-salt-lake-plans\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final Great Salt Lake Mineral Leasing Plan and Record of Decision (2013)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateparks.utah.gov\/stateparks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2015\/03\/RMP_AISP09.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Antelope Island State Park Resource Management Plan (2015)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 250,000 acres of SITLA trust lands are distributed across the WFRC area. Rather than manage lands for natural resources, SITLA is directed by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rules.utah.gov\/publicat\/code\/r850\/r850.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah Administrative Code<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to maximize commercial gain from these properties through sale, lease, or exchange. These transactions occur through sales and leases of individual properties but also through large-scale land and mineral right consolidations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tribal Lands<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tribal lands in the region include the Skull Valley Band of Goshutes and the Goshute Tribe, which are both in western Tooele County. Tribal lands are sovereign lands not subject to local or state governments. However, tribal governments must be consulted during planning processes involving lands with historical Native American uses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Great Salt Lake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the Public Trust Doctrine, the State of Utah has fee title ownership of the bed of the Great Salt Lake as Sovereign Lands.<a href=\"#ref\">[4]<\/a> The State\u2019s management jurisdiction is assigned to the DNR FFSL (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rules.utah.gov\/publicat\/code\/r652\/r652-070.htm#T2\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah Administrative Code R652-70-100<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). The previously cited comprehensive management plan for the Great Salt Lake provides management direction to achieve reasonable and beneficial uses of the lake\u2019s resources under multiple-use, sustained-yield principles (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/le.utah.gov\/xcode\/Title65A\/Chapter2\/65A-2-S1.html?v=C65A-2-S1_1800010118000101\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah Code 65A-2-1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). The supplemental Mineral Leasing Plan provides specific guidance related to existing and potential future mineral leasing activities on the lake. The waters and wetlands of the Great Salt Lake are jurisdictional under the federal Clean Water Act (see <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/gis.bio-west.com\/wfrcresources\/wetlands\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Wetlands<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- Economic Considerations --><br \/>\n<div class=\"omsc-toggle\"><div class=\"omsc-toggle-title\">Economic Considerations<\/div><div class=\"omsc-toggle-inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLand use\u201d is not a resource in the same sense as most other resources to be considered in county resource management plans. In this case, land use is the designated, preferred, or allowable uses of a given piece of land based on the planning preferences of the landowner or jurisdiction responsible for the land. The implementation and management of those uses, such as agriculture, wildlife, water quality, etc., are examined in the respective chapters of this document. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Important public policy concerns are the costs of administering public lands and the revenues generated from public land uses. Economic cost-benefit analyses should be completed prior to considering shifts in land use. Considerations include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Utah Public Lands Policy Coordination Office commissioned an extensive study evaluating the potential cost-benefit of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/publiclands.utah.gov\/current-projects\/transfer-of-public-lands-act\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Transfer of Federal Lands to the State of Utah<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<a href=\"#ref\">[5]<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The federal government distributes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/pilt\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">payments in lieu of taxes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to states and counties. A 2015 summary of county payments by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/headwaterseconomics.org\/dataviz\/county-payments\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headwaters Economics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<a href=\"#ref\">[6]<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- Impact Considerations --><br \/>\n<div class=\"omsc-toggle\"><div class=\"omsc-toggle-title\">Impact Considerations<\/div><div class=\"omsc-toggle-inner\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gis.utah.gov\/data\/sgid-cadastre\/land-ownership\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surface Land Ownership- <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comprehensive surface land ownership maintained by SITLA. Use this GIS data\u00a0to determine land management agency or jurisdiction responsible for land use decisions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gis.utah.gov\/data\/planning\/water-related-land\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water Related Land Use<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Comprehensive land use delineation for urban and agricultural areas of Utah created by the Utah Division of Water Resources. The data\u00a0depicts the types and extent of irrigated crops, as well as information concerning phreatophytes, wet\/open water areas, dry land agriculture and residential\/industrial areas. The primary business driver for this data is for constructing and analyzing the state\u2019s annual water budget, thought it can provide other land use information, such as calculating land use changes over time (i.e. agriculture to urban).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- Data Table --><br \/>\n<div class=\"omsc-toggle\"><div class=\"omsc-toggle-title\">Data Download<\/div><div class=\"omsc-toggle-inner\">\n<div class=\"download-icons\">\u00a0<span class=\"wp-svg-stack stack\"><\/span> GIS Data <span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span> Map Service <span class=\"wp-svg-screen screen\"><\/span> Web Map <span class=\"wp-svg-file file\"><\/span> Document\u00a0<span class=\"wp-svg-table table\"><\/span> Tabular Data\u00a0<span class=\"wp-svg-globe globe\"><\/span> Website<\/div>\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-40\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-40\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Data Name<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Data Explanation<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Publication Date<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Spatial Accuracy<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Contact<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">National Conservation Easement Database<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservationeasement.us\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-stack stack\"><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/services2.arcgis.com\/5I7u4SJE1vUr79JC\/ArcGIS\/rest\/services\/National_Conservation_Easement_Database_(NCED)_2015\/FeatureServer\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Conservation Easements<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">October 2015<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Unknown<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservationeasement.us\/\/\" target=\"_blank\"> NCED National Conservation Easement Database<\/a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">USFS Land Status Record System<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/apps.fs.fed.us\/ArcX\/rest\/services\/EDW\/EDW_ALPStatusAndEncumbrance_01\/MapServer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">US Forest Service Land Status Record System for Lands under Forest Service Management<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Live Data<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Various<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">USDA Forest Service<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fs.fed.us\/land\/staff\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lands and Realty Management<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Water-Related Land Use<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gis.utah.gov\/data\/planning\/water-related-land\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-stack stack\"><\/span><\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.dnr.utah.gov\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/WRE\/UtahCurrentLanduse2015\/MapServer\"target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Layer depicts the types and extent of irrigated crops, as well as information concerning phreatophytes, wet\/open water areas, dry land agriculture and residential\/industrial areas. The primary business driver for this dataset is for constructing and analyzing the state\u2019s annual water budget.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.water.utah.gov\/Landuse\/Default.htm\" target=\"_blank\">More Information<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2015<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1:24,000<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.water.utah.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Utah Division of Water Resources<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Land Ownership<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gis.utah.gov\/data\/sgid-cadastre\/land-ownership\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-stack stack\"><\/span> <\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/tlamap.trustlands.utah.gov\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/UT_SITLA_LandOwnership\/FeatureServer\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Surface Land Ownership; use Admin field to identify administrative agency<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Updated Weekly<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1:24,000<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/trustlands.utah.gov\/resources\/maps\/\" target=\"_blank\">GIS Group<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">BLM NLCS<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blm.gov\/style\/medialib\/blm\/ut\/support_services_uso.Par.14964.File.dat\/NLCS.zip\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-stack stack\"><\/span><\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/tlamap.trustlands.utah.gov\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/UT_SITLA_Wilderness\/MapServer\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">National Landscape Conservation System contains wilderness areas, wilderness study areas and national conservation areas<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">3\/21\/2014<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1:24,000<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blm.gov\/ut\/st\/en.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bureau of Land Management in Utah<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">USFS Roadless Areas (2001)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/apps.fs.fed.us\/arcx\/rest\/services\/EDW\/EDW_InventoriedRoadlessAreas2001_01\/MapServer\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule (36 CFR 294, Subpart B)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">7\/21\/2000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1:100,000<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">USDA Forest Service<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">BLM ACEC<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blm.gov\/style\/medialib\/blm\/ut\/support_services_uso.Par.98773.File.dat\/ACEC_FGDB.zip\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-stack stack\"><\/span><\/a>  ,  <a href=\"https:\/\/services1.arcgis.com\/IAQQkLXctKHrf8Av\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/Area_of_Critical_Environmental_Concern\/FeatureServer\/0\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Areas of Critical Environmental Concern which require special management attention to protect \u00a0areas of significant values<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">January 2010<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1:24,000<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blm.gov\/ut\/st\/en.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bureau of Land Management in Utah<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">National Wild and Scenic River System<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/services1.arcgis.com\/IAQQkLXctKHrf8Av\/ArcGIS\/rest\/services\/Wild_and_Scenic_River_System\/FeatureServer\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">River segments from USFS, BLM, FWS, and NPS  <\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2009<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1:24,000<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">National Atlas of the  United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-40 from cache -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- References --><\/p>\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n<div id=\"ref\"><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management Office of Public Affairs. 2001. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blm.gov\/flpma\/FLPMA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Federal Land Policy and Management Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as amended.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Salt Lake District. 1988. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blm.gov\/style\/medialib\/blm\/ut\/natural_resources\/planning\/existing_lups6.Par.40049.File.dat\/PONYFEIS.PDF\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proposed Pony Express Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, September.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Forest Service. 2003. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/Internet\/FSE_DOCUMENTS\/stelprdb5354094.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revised Forest Plan for the Wasatch -Cache National Forest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, February.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slade, D. C. 1990. Putting the Public Trust Doctrine to Work: The Application of the Public Trust Doctrine to the Management of Lands, Waters, and Living Resources of the Coastal States. Hartford, CT: Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protection, Coastal Resources Management Division. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">University of Utah, Bureau of Economic and Business Research. 2014. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/publiclands.utah.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1.%20Land%20Transfer%20Analysis%20Final%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Analysis of a Transfer of Federal Lands to the State of Utah<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A report prepared for the Utah Governor\u2019s Public Lands Policy Coordination Office. November.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headwaters Economics, Inc. 2015. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/headwaterseconomics.org\/dataviz\/county-payments\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">County Payments: History, Context, and Policy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Accessed February 06, 2016.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Land use refers to an administrative decision that specifies the appropriate or designated types of use for a given piece of land. 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