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ST. GEORGE — The roar of off-road vehicles in the pristine backcountry of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area may soon be a sound of the past.
The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and the National Parks Conservation Association reached a settlement in their lawsuits against the National Park Service concerning off-road vehicle management at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The two cases in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia were dismissed.
The agencies reached an agreement that commits the park service to propose a revised rule that better protects the ecological integrity and visitor experience of Glen Canyon by limiting OHVs and street-legal ATVs in the park's most delicate areas.
A spokesperson for the park service, Glen Canyon, and Rainbow Bridge National Monument office told St. George News that a process begins with the signing of the settlement.
