The Indian Creek area, located on the east side of Canyonlands National Park, south of Moab, Utah, is famous for its dramatic and sheer Wingate Sandstone cliffs, and is an internationally-known and treasured rock climbing destination.
Read MoreTell Retiring BLM Director to Spare Desolation Canyon
The current director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bob Abbey, recently announced that he plans to retire at the end of this month. Please write him and urge him not to authorize approval of the disastrous proposed Gasco development project as one of his final acts as director....
Read MoreRS 2477 Lawsuits Roll In — 12,000 New Roads (or at least that’s what the state calls them)
As expected, the State of Utah, together with some (but not all) Utah counties, have begun to file their massive lawsuits claiming that they own 12,000 roads across federal lands now managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service and National Park Service.
Read MoreWho should control our public lands?
On Monday, Arizona's conservative Governor Jan Brewer surprised observers by vetoing legislation that demanded that the federal government surrender control of millions of acres of public land in the Grand Canyon state. But in Utah, Governor Herbert recently signed a similar bill demanding that the federal government give up control...
Read MoreRobert Redford speaks up for Desolation Canyon
In the Denver Post yesterday, Robert Redford wrote: "We have few places left that represent the raw beauty and the history of our American West like Desolation Canyon, in my home state of Utah."
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