San Juan County v. United States

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

In this federal quiet title action brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2409a, San Juan County, Utah (“San Juan”) seeks both to quiet title in a right-of-way along a portion of Salt Creek running through the Can-yonlands National Park, and a declaratory judgment that the National Park Service (“NPS”) cannot use a gate to restrict San Juan’s right-of-way. Three conservation groups, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, the Wilderness Society and the Grand Canyon Trust (collectively “SUWA”), sought to intervene, both permissively and as a matter of right. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 24.…