Show u LM Tightens Hold Holdon on Half Half- Million Acres Land totaling acres in four counties Duchesne Car Car- Carbon bon Uintah and Utah has been marked for permanent federal ownership b by the Bur Bur- Bureau eau of Land Management and andIs andIs Is to receive intensified man man- manage management age ent The action is authorized un un- un under der the Classification and Multiple Use Act enacted by Congress in 1964 RETAINED the land following public hearings in Price and Duchesne last Janu Janu- Janu January ary 25 The classification ap- ap appears appears pears to be in harmony with public interest said Robert D Nielson state director for Utah The classification blocks transfer of the land to private ownership under the old public sale and agricultural laws he continued but does not pre elude clude disposition for agricultural al development and other pub lie lic uses under 1964 public land sale laws nor does it block mIneral exploration and dev |