San Juan County’s Recapture Canyon, the site of a protest and illegal ATV ride in 2014, is once again in the courts after Rep. Phil Lyman, R-Blanding, filed a complaint Friday against the Bureau of Land Management in U.S. District Court.
Representing himself without an attorney, Lyman, who is a certified public accountant, alleges multiple BLM officials lied under oath about the status of a disputed route through the canyon and requests that “judgment be entered against the BLM for punitive damages in an amount not less than … $10 million.”
Lyman also asserts, without providing any evidence in the filing, that the BLM worked behind the scenes with news organizations and conservation groups to attack his reputation.