Utah school trust lands officials eye selling 50,000 acres in Book Cliffs for nearly $30 million

Utah school trust lands officials eye selling 50,000 acres in Book Cliffs for nearly $30 million

A storm moves in near Green River, Utah, with Book Cliffs mesa in the background. (Redtea/Getty Images)Utah Trust Lands Administration officials are poised to sell about 50,000 acres of the Book Cliffs area in Grand County — a major swath of a popular hunting and fishing area — to another state agency, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, for a nearly $30 million price tag. State leaders have long eyed the proposed sale in order to preserve …