From Deseret News archives:
Signs to alter access at Martin's Cove site
The Bureau of Land Management announced the agreement between the agency, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the American Civil Liberties Union Wednesday afternoon.
The settlement calls for the BLM and the church to use separate and distinct signs to clearly identify public land and public access.
Last year, four Wyoming residents filed a lawsuit arguing that the BLM should not have entered a 25-year lease with the Mormon church to manage the site, west of Casper. The lawsuit claimed that Mormon tour guides at Martin's Cove proselytized to visitors.
Attorneys for the BLM and the church have denied those charges.
Megan Hayes, the Laramie attorney who filed the federal lawsuit, said the agreement ensures that people can have access to public lands without having to go through the church visitor center area that is nearby.
Kim Farah, a spokeswoman for the LDS Church, said the church was not prepared to comment on the case Wednesday afternoon.
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