Wilderness: Effects of Designation on Economy and Grazing in Utah
RCED-93-11
Published: Dec 29, 1992. Publicly Released: Dec 29, 1992.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed a 1990 study of the economic impact of designating various amounts of public lands in Utah as wilderness, focusing on the: (1) reasonableness of the study's assumptions and the soundness of its methodology; and (2) wilderness designation's effect on livestock grazing on public land in Utah.
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Economic analysisFuture budget projectionsGrazing rightsLand managementMiningNational forestsProposed legislationPublic landsRecreationWilderness areasLivestock