FILE - In this May 10, 2014, file photo, people ride ATV's into Recapture Canyon east of Blanding, Utah, in a protest against what demonstrators call the federal government's overreaching control of public lands. San Juan County has spent more than $400,000 on outside lawyers building a case that it owns a three-mile road segment through the canyon. Now the county wants the state to cover some of the bills. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)
Brian Maffly has worked for The Tribune off and on since 1994. Maffly roams Utah, covering public land and environment.