BY MOLLY MARCELLO
With the Jan. 20 release of the “discussion draft” of the Utah Public Lands Initiative, stakeholders on all sides of the spectrum are weighing in, some calling the bill a tough, but true compromise and others calling it a disappointing non-starter. Utah Republican congressmen Rob Bishop and Jason Chaffetz tout the legislation as being four to one in favor of conservation over energy development, but conservation groups argue that the bill’s actual management stipulations suggest otherwise...