I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1210 
To authorize the exchange of certain land in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah 
Counties, Utah, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2007 
Mr. MATHESON (for himself, Mr. CANNON, and Mr. BISHOP of Utah) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the exchange of certain land in Grand, San 
Juan, and Uintah Counties, Utah, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Utah Recreational 
Land Exchange Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the area surrounding the Colorado River in 
Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah, and Dinosaur 
National Monument and the Book Cliffs in Uintah 
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County, Utah, contains nationally recognized scenic 
vistas, significant archaeological and historic re-
sources, valuable wildlife habitat, and outstanding 
opportunities for public recreation that are enjoyed 
by hundreds of thousands of people annually; 
(2) the State of Utah owns multiple parcels of 
land in the area that were granted to the State 
under the Act of July 16, 1894 (28 Stat. 107, chap-
ter 138), to be held in trust for the benefit of the 
public school system and other public institutions of 
the State; 
(3) the parcels of State trust land are largely 
scattered in checkerboard fashion amid the Federal 
land comprising the area of the Colorado River cor-
ridor, the Dinosaur National Monument, and the 
Book Cliffs; 
(4) the State trust land in the area of the Colo-
rado River corridor, Dinosaur National Monument, 
and the Book Cliffs includes significant natural and 
recreational features, including— 
(A) portions of Westwater Canyon of the 
Colorado River; 
(B) the nationally recognized Kokopelli 
and Slickrock trails; 
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(C) several of the largest natural rock 
arches in the United States; 
(D) multiple wilderness study areas and 
proposed wilderness areas; and 
(E) viewsheds for Arches National Park 
and Dinosaur National Monument; 
(5) the large presence of State trust land lo-
cated in the Colorado River corridor, Dinosaur Na-
tional Monument, and the Book Cliffs area makes 
land and resource management in the area more dif-
ficult, costly, and controversial for the United States 
and the State of Utah; 
(6) although the State trust land was granted 
to the State to generate financial support for public 
schools in the State through the sale or development 
of natural resources, development of those resources 
in the Colorado River corridor, Dinosaur National 
Monument, and the Book Cliffs area may be incom-
patible with managing the area for recreational, nat-
ural, and scenic resources; 
(7) the United States owns land and interests 
in land in other parts of the State of Utah that can 
be transferred to the State in exchange for the State 
trust land without jeopardizing Federal management 
objectives or needs; and 
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