Utah Trust Lands Newsroom

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700

FOR RELEASE: Immediate

CONTACT: Dave Hebertson�� 801-538-5102

�� NormaLee McMichael 801-538-5105

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NOTICE OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING �

State of Utah School & Institutional Trust Lands Administration

Suite 600

675 East 500 South�

Salt Lake City, Utah� 84102

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January 19, 2012

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AGENDA: 9:00 a.m.

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Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes

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Confirmation of Upcoming Meeting Dates

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Beneficiary Report

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Chairman’s Report – Section 29 Update

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Director – Utah State Auditor’s Report

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Beneficiary Report – Update on Permanent School Fund

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Chairman’s Report – Review of Procurement Audits

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Consent Calendar:

�� - Oil & Gas Other Business Arrangement – Foundation Energy Company

�� - Proposed Negotiated Sale – Scott Lyon (PS 8486) – San Juan County

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ADJOURN: 11:30 a.m.

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In compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, persons needing auxiliary communicative aids and services for this meeting should call Nannette Johnson at 801-538-5110, giving her at least three days’ notice.

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675 East 500 South

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700

FOR RELEASE: Immediate

CONTACT: Dave Hebertson 801-538-5102

NormaLee McMichael

State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Suite 600
675 East 500 South
Salt Lake City, Utah 84102

AGENDA: 9:00 a.m.

Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes

Confirmation of Upcoming Meeting Dates

Assistant Director – Energy Presentation by Amanda Smith

Assistant Director – Proposed Negotiated Sale to Mr. James Hanley

Assistant Director – Analysis of Coal Revenues

Associate Director – Legislative Preview

Director – WSLCA Conference

Beneficiary Report – Update on Permanent School Fund

Chairman’s Report – Review of Procurement Audits

Consent Calendar:

- Oil & Gas Other Business Arrangement – Foundation Energy Company

- Proposed Negotiated Sale – Scott Lyon (PS 8486) – San Juan County

ADJOURN: 11:30 a.m.

In compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, persons needing auxiliary communicative aids and services for this meeting should call Nannette Johnson at 801-538-5110, giving her at least three days’ notice.

TRUST LANDS DIRECTOR NAMED CHAIR OF WESTERN REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:21:00 -0600

STATE OF UTAH

SCHOOL & INSTITUTIONAL TRUST LANDS ADMINISTRATION

675 EAST 500 SOUTH, SUITE 500

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH� 84102

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Monday September 19, 2011��

Contact: Dave Hebertson 801-538-5102

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TRUST LANDS DIRECTOR NAMED CHAIR OF WESTERN REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP

Kevin S. Carter, Director of the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA), has been appointed Chairman of the Western Regional Partnership’s governing body – the partnership’s Steering Committee.� The Western Regional Partnership (WRP) is an organization originally created by U.S. Department of Defense to develop solutions supporting the WRP Partners and protecting natural resources, while maintaining United States homeland security and military readiness.

Carter says, “It is a privilege to serve the WRP, and help coordinate the important goals and activities that it engages.� I look forward to the things we can accomplish for the good of all the partners and the security of the United States.”

The partnership includes:

�� State government leaders from Utah, Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Nevada

�� Federal agencies including the Department of Defense, BLM, EPA, and others

�� Native American tribes

The WRP is addressing a variety of local issues such as:

�� Border security

�� Disaster preparedness

�� Energy

�� Wildlife corridors, critical habitat, and threatened & endangered species

�� Land use

�� Tribal relations

The WRP mission provides a proactive and collaborative framework for senior-policy level Federal, State and Tribal leadership to identify common goals and emerging issues in the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah and to develop solutions that support WRP Partners and protect natural resources, while promoting sustainability, homeland security and military readiness

SITLA Teams-up with Proactive Stakeholders to Implement OHV Pilot Program on La Sal Mountains

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0600

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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For Information Contact:

Kim Christy�� 801-538-5187

Bryan Torgerson�� 435-259-7417

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SITLA Teams-up with Proactive Stakeholders to Implement OHV Pilot Program on La Sal Mountains�

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The State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) launched an OHV pilot program in the La Sal Mountains in the fall of 2010 with a simple bottom line: off-highway vehicle users can protect their privileges by using designated trails.

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The primary goal of the Pilot Project was to work with stakeholders to develop and implement a Motor Vehicle Travel Management Plan (MVTMP) that addressed access and SITLA’s responsibly manage the properties for its beneficiaries through a designated trial system.

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The MVTMP implementation included the placement of over 150 directional signs and trail markers and the reclamation and re-seeding of miles of old logging roads, redundant routes and spur trails. Collaboration with diverse stakeholders helped shape the project but it didn’t end there. SITLA has been working with those same stakeholders to implement the plan during this past year and a lot of work was done this spring and summer.

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“SITLA has worked closely with key OHV groups, such as San Juan Public Entry & Access Rights (SPEAR) and Ride with Respect to sign all of the dedicated routes. We also worked to rehabilitate and re-seed many acres of land. We are proud of the trail map that has been created and also very appreciative of the help that we received from San Juan and Grand Counties and the Division of State Parks and Recreation. Full color fold-up maps are available to the public at information kiosks that are strategically located at entrance points to the trust land blocks,” said SITLA’s Assistant Director Kim Christy.

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SPEAR Representative Bob Turri said, “It was a real opportunity to work throughout the entire process with an agency such as SITLA and to help implement the plan. We really appreciate the kind of input that we had. We are really proud of the trail system up there and we are glad to be able to demonstrate what our organization can do to balance OHV use and protection of the land. It’s nice to be able to show how much we care about the unique resource in the La Sal Mountains.” ��

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On August 17^th, 2011, there was a volunteer work project to install a new bridge on one of the ATV loops. The work project was held at a spot on one of the ATV loops between Sheepherders’ Haven and the Dark Canyon Road. The project was a collaborative effort between SITLA, SPEAR and the many stakeholders. The bridge was named the new SPEAR Bridge because many of the materials for the bridge were donated by SPEAR and then assembled by SITLA’s Resource Specialist Adam Robison.

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Clif Koontz, Program Director with Ride with Respect said, “This beautiful bridge symbolizes the strength of teamwork, planning, and trail design to�conserve both recreational opportunities and natural resources. We appreciate SITLA's follow-through to make this vision a reality on the ground and, in this case, above the ground.”

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SITLA is an independent state agency that manages 3.4 million acres of Utah trust lands for the benefit of Utah’s schools and other public institutions. Money generated from the school trust lands is deposited in the state Permanent School Fund, a perpetual endowment that annually distributes income to each K-12 school in Utah.

GOVERNOR APPOINTS NEW TRUSTEE TO TRUST LANDS� BOARD

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0600

GOVERNOR APPOINTS NEW TRUSTEE TO TRUST LANDS’ BOARD

The seven-member Board of Trustees of the State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration has a new member. Governor Gary R. Herbert has appointed James M. Lekas of Vernal, Utah. Mr. Lekas takes the position vacated by Board member David J. Lambert, who retired from the Board June 30, 2011. Mr. Lekas’ term is for six years. He was confirmed by the state Senate July 20, 2011.

Mr. Lekas is the co-founder of Lexco Inc., a Utah company that has become the world’s second largest producer of gilsonite. Prior to the founding of Lexco in 1988, Lekas managed research and development projects of Geokinetics Oil Shale in Vernal, Utah. He sold Lexco assets in 2009 and retired to his ranch in Uintah County.

Michael Brown, Chairman of the Trust Lands’ Board of Trustees says, "We welcome Mr. Lekas to the Board of Trustees and know that he will make a tremendous contribution to the Trust and the schoolchildren of the great State of Utah. We know that he will find great satisfaction serving with all of those committed to the success of this great institution."

Lekas is the founding member and Chairman of the Uintah County Public Lands Committee.

He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor’s degree in Geology.

The School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration is an independent state agency that manages 3.4 million acres of Utah trust lands for the financial benefit of Utah’s public schools and 11 other public institutions. Money generated from school trust lands is deposited in the state Permanent School Fund, a perpetual endowment that annually distributes income to each K-12 public school in Utah.

Contact: Dave Hebertson 801-538-5102
��NormaLee McMichael 801-538-5105

TRUST LANDS AUCTION BUILDS SCHOOL FUND

Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0600

School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA)

675 East 500 South, Ste 500

Salt Lake City, Utah� 84102

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The May 25, 2011, real estate auction held by the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) brought in $1,360,000 for the schoolchildren of Utah.� The auction featured four parcels totaling about 1,832 acres.� The various parcels are located in Millard, Carbon, Emery, and San Juan Counties.

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According to Kim Christy, SITLA Assistant Director – Surface, “We are very pleased with the results of this auction – particularly in light of the currently soft real estate market.�� All of the properties we offered at the auction sold, at or above, the minimum prices we asked. �We appreciate the public’s interest in this offering.”

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The properties sold were:

•�Snake Valley Parcel, Millard County, 640 acres

•�Range Valley Mountain, Parcel A, Carbon County, 560 acres

•�Range Valley Mountain, Parcel B, Emery County, 360 acres

•�Hatch Rock, San Juan County, 272 acres

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The proceeds of the auction are deposited into the State Permanent School Fund that is already in excess of a billion dollars.� The fund has grown from a few million dollars at the time SITLA was created in 1994 to the current billion-dollar mark.� Utah’s public schools get interest and dividend distributions earned on that fund during the year.

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More information on the properties offered (including maps and photos) can be seen on SITLA’s Internet site by following these links: www.trustlands.com > Current Activities > Land Auction May 25, 2011 > then select the individual parcel from the list under “Property Name.”

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SITLA manages 3.4 million acres of state trust lands granted to the State of Utah at statehood for the support of public education, universities, and other state institutions.�

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Contact:

Dave Hebertson�� 801-538-5102

NormaLee McMichael�� 801-538-5105

Utah Trust Lands Newsroom

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

TRUST LANDS DIRECTOR NAMED CHAIR OF WESTERN REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP

STATE OF UTAH

SCHOOL & INSTITUTIONAL TRUST LANDS ADMINISTRATION

675 EAST 500 SOUTH, SUITE 500

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH� 84102

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Monday September 19, 2011�������

SITLA Teams-up with Proactive Stakeholders to Implement OHV Pilot Program on La Sal Mountains

GOVERNOR APPOINTS NEW TRUSTEE TO TRUST LANDS� BOARD

TRUST LANDS AUCTION BUILDS SCHOOL FUND

Monday September 19, 2011��