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Judge rejects last-ditch move to block helium drilling in Utah wilderness

Opponents say they will continue legal fight over the project.

(Courtesy photo by Ray Bloxham, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance) An energy company plans to drill for helium on this site in the newly designated Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness. A federal judge has rejected environmentalists' bid to block the Bureau of Land Management from approving the Bowknot helium project, proposed by Twin Bridges Resources.