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Off-roading advocates challenge Moab road closures in federal court

Recreators hope that a federal judge will declare the Bureau of Land Management’s road closures unlawful.

(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) Former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, far left, looks out over a vista as she tours the Gemini Bridges area in 2016. On Friday, off-roading advocacy groups filed a lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Land Management's closure of roads in the area in a federal district court.