This resolution:

• highlights the need to develop and maintain state parks, monuments, and campgrounds to provide the people of Utah with outdoor recreational opportunities;
• suggests land that the Division of State Parks (division) may consider for a potential state park, state monument, or state campground;
• encourages the division to work with federal agencies to acquire, lease, or manage properties considered suitable for use as a state park, monument, or campground;
• urges Congress to establish a framework for state operation of federal public lands, under a joint management agreement, to improve public land management and reduce federal expenditures;
• requests that the division petition the Bureau of Land Management to transfer land to the state for the creation of the Little Sahara State Park;
• requests that the division negotiate with the United States Forest Service to transfer the Antelope Flat Campground to the state for the creation of the Flaming Gorge State Park; and
• requests that the division update the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee on the division's study regarding new state parks and state campgrounds.