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Conservation Groups Sue Over Trump’s Gate Canyon Highway Plan

By Drooid · Oct 11, 2026, 2:56 AM UTC · How we work

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration approved paving Gate Canyon in eastern Utah for an oil-transport highway.
Conservation groups sued the Bureau of Land Management and Interior Department, alleging violations of historic preservation, endangered species, land-management laws.
Gate Canyon holds 47 historic sites and provides habitat for threatened Mexican spotted owls.
The lawsuit cites breaches of the National Historic Preservation Act, Endangered Species Act and Federal Land Policy and Management Act.

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration approved paving Gate Canyon in eastern Utah for an oil-transport highway.
Conservation groups sued the Bureau of Land Management and Interior Department, alleging violations of historic preservation, endangered species, land-management laws.
Gate Canyon holds 47 historic sites and provides habitat for threatened Mexican spotted owls.
The lawsuit cites breaches of the National Historic Preservation Act, Endangered Species Act and Federal Land Policy and Management Act.