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Author: Kya Marienfeld

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Planning process kicks off for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Aug 15th, 2022 Written by Kya Marienfeld

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has officially kicked off its management planning process for the restored Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and has announced a series of public meetings—two virtual and three in person—where the agency will share information, answer questions, and accept public comment. While the restoration of Grand...

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Support the BLM in Protecting Resources and Visitor Experiences in the Moab Area

Jun 15th, 2022 Written by Kya Marienfeld

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is currently seeking public input on new plans to better manage dispersed camping, protect resources, and improve visitor experiences in three high-use areas near Moab, Utah. The BLM’s Moab field office, which manages 1.8 million acres of public lands in southeastern Utah, including 830,000...

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Help shape the future of Utah’s Manti-La Sal National Forest

Oct 15th, 2021 Written by Kya Marienfeld

Want a say in how the Forest Service manages public lands and mountain ecosystems outside of Moab? The Manti-La Sal National Forest, which includes distinct forest units in the La Sal Mountains outside of Moab as well as the Abajo Mountains and a portion of Bears Ears National Monument in...

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Stop the BLM from Doubling Down on Clearcutting with No Accountability!

May 26th, 2020 Written by Kya Marienfeld

As you know, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has been destroying native vegetation like sagebrush, pinyon pine, and juniper for decades. But in recent years, your voice and input has played a critical role in stopping or delaying many of the worst large-scale mechanical vegetation removal proposals on our...

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Victory! Clearcutting Plan Overturned in Grand Staircase!

Sep 17th, 2019 Written by Kya Marienfeld

SUWA and partners win appeal of plan to masticate and chain Skutumpah Terrace in GSENM.

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On Tuesday, US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan On Tuesday, US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan issued an order granting SUWA and other conservation groups’ request to reopen the case and lift the stay that was in place regarding 2017 litigation over President Trumps’ illegal reductions of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments. Today, during a status conference, the Judge ordered the parties to agree on a briefing schedule and to confer on her current notice order requiring the federal government to give plaintiffs 48 hours advance notice of surface disturbing activities on the lands cut from the national monuments. 

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Today we celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day! Let th Today we celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day! Let this day be a reminder that the lands we work to protect are the ancestral homelands of many Indigenous Peoples and Tribal Nations. We do this work to ensure these lands remain protected now and for many generations in the future.

To honor this day, be sure to follow and uplift pages like @bearsearscoalition and @grandstaircasecoalition! 

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As we head into the long weekend in observance of As we head into the long weekend in observance of Indigenous Peoples' Day, let's take a moment to recognize that recent polling shows overwhelming support among Utah voters for Native American Tribes to play a strong role in managing public lands that hold sacred and cultural significance.

See the detail here: https://bit.ly/UtahMonumentsPoll2026
Today the Nine Mile Canyon Coalition, Southern Uta Today the Nine Mile Canyon Coalition, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration’s Bureau of Land Management for approving construction of a highway through Utah’s scenic, culturally and historically significant Gate Canyon in eastern Utah.

The project would straighten 6 miles of what is currently a scenic, winding, gravel road and involves the blasting and destruction of 100-foot tall canyon walls, damaging Native rock imagery, Utah history, and habitat for threatened wildlife.

Gate Canyon feeds into Nine Mile Canyon — a world-renowned archaeological area that contains more than 10,000 unique, irreplaceable cultural, historical and archaeological resources. The proposed route of the highway, designed to accommodate 70-foot oil tankers, cuts directly through the rugged landscape and will fundamentally alter the character of Gate Canyon (see last slide for rendering).

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From 2018-2021 (during the previous, illegal reduc From 2018-2021 (during the previous, illegal reduction) there were a total of 20 mining claims filed in the lands cut from Bears Ears National Monument. As of Monday, Sept. 28 (two weeks after the mineral withdrawal was lifted during the second illegal reduction), more than triple that number – 72 claims – have been filed in Bears Ears. 

Claims have been filed by Land Survey Advisors LLC (36), Kimmerle Mining (33), and George W. Schultz (3). A map of all claims can be found above. 

For more info, visit link in @protectwildutah's bio.
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