The most telling part is the false assumption expressed in the opening paragraph of the OP's linked hit piece-
Constitutionally speaking, experts say the lands should have gone to state control generations ago, as the federal government promised when Utah became a state.
The federal govt made no such promise. There's a nice unsubstantiated appeal to "expert" authority in there, as well.
Perfect for the rubes slathering to Believe.
From 1812 forward, federal lands passed directly to claimants via the General Land Office. State govts only got what they were granted through voluntary agreements, and that was very little of what was patented. They did not serve as intermediaries. There is no historical basis for the notion that the federal govt should pass control of remaining lands to states at all. It never was that way.